Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Researchers have discovered how immune cells keep from destroying themselves

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Cancer researchers discover how immune cells avoid killing themselves

Exactly how do immune cells avoid wiping themselves out while attacking invaders? Researchers at Peter Mac and UCL have now found that they create a tough shield around themselves, and this discovery could lead to new cancer therapies.

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New research into CAR-T cell therapy could extend its use to solid cancers

New research into CAR-T cell therapy has revealed crucial mechanisms that could help the immunotherapy technique, which is currently only effective against blood cancers, be adapted for the treatment of brain tumors and other forms of solid cancers.

Dr. Jake Shortt discovered a common industrial solvent called NMP has anti-cancer properties

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Common solvent found to have anti-cancer properties

Researchers from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia, have found that a N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), a common solvent used in a wide array of industrial and medical products, has cancer-fighting properties.