T cells

August 22, 2016

“Fire with Fire” – A Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5IrHV8tLCU Recently, researchers have shown that the outcome of patients with advanced hematologic cancers who relapse following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) may be greatly improved with an immunotherapy drug. ... Read more

May 27, 2016August 23, 2016

New Immunotherapy for Stem Cell Transplant to be Introduced at Biotechnology Convention

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Xenikos B.V. will discuss its lead product candidate T-Guard, designed for acute graft versus host disease (GVHD), at the BIO International Convention 2016, June 6-9, in San Francisco, Calif. Transplantation of allogenic (donor-derived) ... Read more

May 25, 2016June 22, 2016

Cancer Self-Destruction Possible Using Tumor’s Own ‘Guns’ Against Itself, UCL Team Finds

Antigens present in the genes of tumor cells may be used as ammunition against the cancer itself. The groundbreaking finding, by investigators at the University College London (UCL), may greatly help increase understanding about ... Read more

May 24, 2016May 24, 2016

Anti-Tumor Activity of Natural Killer T-cells Boosted by Molecules in Lymphoma Study in Mice

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Natural killer T-cells (NKT) are important in immunotherapy due to their ability to effectively localize to tumor sites and attack cancer cells. Their clinical application, however, has been hampered by a lack of ... Read more

March 23, 2016March 23, 2016

Lymphoma Mutations Seen to Open Four ‘Locks’ on Key Protein to Promote Cancer

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Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that mutations in lymphoma cells allow these cells to break through four different locks on the protein CARD11, putting the protein in a constantly activated state ... Read more

February 16, 2016March 2, 2016

Getting Close to Cures for Some Blood Cancers

In this video by the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, listen to “Dr. Brentjens talk about Car T therapy that uses a patient’s own immune system or immune cells (T ... Read more

January 21, 2016May 13, 2016

‘Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Day’ Webcast to Discuss Affimed’s Clinical-stage Immunotherapy

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Affimed N.V. recently announced its planned Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Day live webcast, where company executives will be joined by cancer experts to discuss developments in disease treatment and, particularly, to present Affimed’s leading Hodgkin’s lymphoma ... Read more

January 14, 2016January 14, 2016

Origins of Aggressive Childhood Lymphona Found, Offering Hope for New Treatments

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Researchers at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. say they have traced the origins of anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), finding that the malignancy originates in early cells of the thymus, ... Read more

December 22, 2015March 8, 2016

Fire with Fire – The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5IrHV8tLCU Stay updated with all the research and clinical trials news here: http://bit.ly/1QoY2Uw Note: Lymphoma News is strictly a news and information website about the disease. It does not provide ... Read more

October 28, 2015October 28, 2015

Lymphoma Patients May Benefit from Discovery of 3,000 New Genes Impacting Immune System

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Novel findings by UCLA researchers may help immunologists better understand immune cell generation and uncover mechanisms responsible for immune system-related diseases, such as lymphomas. In the study entitled “Long non-coding RNA profiling of human ... Read more