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Overcoming Cancer Therapy Obstacles With Epitope Editing
Editing epitopes expressed on the surfaces of transplanted hematopoietic stem cells renders them resistant to AML treatments without affecting their critical functions.
Overcoming Cancer Therapy Obstacles With Epitope Editing
Overcoming Cancer Therapy Obstacles With Epitope Editing

Editing epitopes expressed on the surfaces of transplanted hematopoietic stem cells renders them resistant to AML treatments without affecting their critical functions.

Editing epitopes expressed on the surfaces of transplanted hematopoietic stem cells renders them resistant to AML treatments without affecting their critical functions.

cancer therapeutics

3D rendered medical illustration of T cells trying to subdue cancer cells.
How Tumors Tire Out T Cells
PhenomeX | Jul 19, 2023 | 1 min read
Researchers investigated how cancer antigenicity drives unique forms of T cell exhaustion and hypofunctionality.
Green and brown illustration of cancer cells in front of a peach and yellow background.
Bacterial Tractor Beams Bring Radiation to Tumors
Rachael Moeller Gorman | Apr 17, 2023 | 3 min read
Colonizing tumors with engineered bacteria may allow researchers to target sites currently inaccessible to radionuclide therapy.
Good Vibrations: Advancing Cell Therapies
Good Vibrations: Advancing Cell Therapies
The Scientist’s Creative Services Team | 1 min read
In this webinar, Chris Ashdown will discuss how low-intensity vibration affects T cells and how this mechanical stimulation could improve CAR T cell therapy.  
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Hypertranscription by Tumors Is Linked to Poorer Cancer Outcomes: Study
Sophie Fessl, PhD | Dec 13, 2022 | 3 min read
The extent to which transcription is higher in tumor cells than in surrounding nontumor cells is associated with bad prognoses in several cancer types.
Pink- and purple-stained cells clustered into glands
Phenotypic Variation in Cancer Cells Often Not Due to Mutations
Jef Akst | Oct 26, 2022 | 3 min read
Most differences in gene expression among cells within a tumor are likely due to environment or noise, a study suggests. 
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The Basics of the Tumor Microenvironment
Johanna Pruller, PhD | 4 min read
Learn about the tumor microenvironment (TME), a key influencer of cancer growth, spread, and treatment success.
illustration of blue cells with exosomes budding off of them and floating away
Nanoparticles Spur Mouse Immune System to Attack Cancer
Shafaq Zia | Sep 13, 2022 | 2 min read
A study finds that engineered exosomes are effective in mice, but their potential use in humans raises safety questions.  
A small, brown mouse runs on a narrow, miniature treadmill
How Exercise Helps Mice Fight Pancreatic Cancer
Dan Robitzski | Jun 15, 2022 | 5 min read
A study reveals a molecular pathway linking exercise to an amped-up immune response to pancreatic cancer and greater responsiveness to treatment.
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CAR Technology in Cancer Therapy: From CAR-T to CAR-NK
The Scientist’s Creative Services Team and Sino Biological | 4 min read
From early target discovery to preclinical development stages, researchers explore novel strategies for effective cell therapies in cancer treatment.
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Cancer Cells Break Own DNA to Defend Against Radiation
Sophie Fessl, PhD | Apr 28, 2022 | 3 min read
Self-inflicted DNA breaks let the cells hit pause on repair of radiation-induced DNA damage, giving them time to recover, an in vitro study shows.
A stained tissue sample of metastatic pancreatic cancer
Tetanus Immunity Protects Mice Against Pancreatic Cancer
Amanda Heidt | Mar 24, 2022 | 3 min read
Because most people are vaccinated against tetanus as children, delivering benign bacteria carrying a tetanus antigen into pancreatic tumors makes them visible to memory cells in the immune system, researchers report.
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Streamlining CAR T Cell Workflows with Automation
The Scientist Creative Services Team in collaboration with Thermo Fisher Scientific | 2 min read
Automated counterflow centrifugation systems accelerate cell therapy workflow processes while maintaining cell yields and efficacy.
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Cancer Researcher Donald Pinkel Dies at Age 95
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Mar 18, 2022 | 3 min read
Unsatisfied by how treatments for childhood leukemia failed to prevent the disease’s return, Pinkel combined them all—and virtually cured the disease.
illustration of blue cancer cell extending tendrils around itself
Janus-Faced Neutrophils
Sophie Fessl, PhD | Mar 2, 2022 | 4 min read
The immune cells facilitate healing, but they may also help tumors metastasize to the lungs after injury, a study in mice finds.
Boosting CAR T Cell Therapy for Solid Tumors
The Scientist Creative Services Team in Collaboration with IsoPlexis | 1 min read
Katie McKenna will discuss how oncolytic viral therapy enhances CAR-T cell killing of cancer cells.
Salmonella (pink) invading a human epithelial cell (yellow)
Modified Salmonella Revs Immune Response, Combats Tumors in Mice
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Feb 3, 2022 | 5 min read
When coated with positively charged particles, the bacteria shuttled antigens out of tumors and activated the immune system, a study finds.
Artist’s rendering of brain fog: a bright blue drawing of a brain sits inside of a pink drawing of a head in profile surrounded by miscellaneous shapes
Brain Fog Caused by Long COVID and Chemo Appear Similar
Dan Robitzski | Jan 28, 2022 | 6 min read
Data from mouse models for mild coronavirus infections and human tissue samples offer further evidence that it doesn’t take a severe infection—or even infection of brain cells at all—to cause long-term neurological symptoms.
Checking Checkpoints for Treating Cancer
The Scientist’s Creative Services Team | 1 min read
Researchers devise strategies to improve checkpoint inhibitor therapy and predict patient response.
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CAR T Cells Mend Broken Mouse Hearts
Sophie Fessl, PhD | Jan 6, 2022 | 4 min read
Specialized immune cells generated in vivo reduce cardiac scar tissue in mice, a new study shows.
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