Making better, ready-made CAR T cells for cancer immunotherapy
In CAR T-cell immunotherapy, T cells from a patient’s own blood are engineered to carry so-called chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) that enhance the T cells’…
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Functional ultrasound microscopy: Sensing whole brain neuronal activity at the micron scale
Ultrasound is transforming the field of neuroimaging with the technological advances achieved by the Physics for Medicine laboratory (Inserm, ESPCI Paris-PSL, CNRS) in the past…
Molecular map reveals insights into the genetic drivers of chronic lymphocytic leukemia
A newly constructed map of the landscape of genetic changes in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow…
A new approach for detecting tumor heterogeneity to assess breast cancer patient outcomes
Tumor heterogeneity refers to the presence of a variety of distinct cell types within a tumor. High tumor heterogeneity is thought to contribute to breast…
Inflammation accelerates aging of the hematopoietic system
In mice, inflammation in early to mid-life leads to a permanent decline in functional blood stem cells, according to a recent publication by scientists from…
European data analysis: Looking for the cause of unusual amount of hepatitis of unknown origin among children
Scottish authorities were alerted about an observed unusual number of severe liver inflammation (hepatitis) cases in children in April 2022. The infection could not be…
Your brain is a prediction machine that is always active
This is in line with a recent theory on how our brain works: it is a prediction machine, which continuously compares sensory information that we…