Washington [US], September 2 (ANI): The treatment of various tumours has been transformed by cell-based immunotherapy, often known as CAR-T cell therapy. In order to target and combat specific forms of leukaemia and lymphoma, the treatment employs genetically engineered T cells. While it has the potential to cure cancer in certain individuals who would otherwise pass away from the disease, it also carries the danger of a number of adverse effects, some of which can be fatal and disrupt brain function.
Washington [US], September 2 (ANI): The treatment of various tumours has been transformed by cell-based immunotherapy, often known as CAR-T cell therapy. In order to target and combat specific forms of leukaemia and lymphoma, the treatment employs genetically engineered T cells. While it has the potential to cure cancer in certain individuals who would otherwise pass away from the disease, it also carries the danger of a number of adverse effects, some of which can be fatal and disrupt brain function.
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): Pancreatic cancer is extremely difficult to treat. By the time it is detected, cancer often has reached an advanced stage, and patients usually do not survive longer than one year after diagnosis. An aggressive chemotherapy regimen is a first-line treatment, but the side effects can be severe and many tumours stop responding to treatment.
Washington [US], November 22 (ANI): A new study has found that people who received two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine while on TNF inhibitors (a class of immunosuppressants), generated less powerful and shorter-lived antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19 than healthy people and those on other kinds of immunosuppressants.
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): Poor sleep and Alzheimer's disease are both associated with cognitive decline, and separating out the effects of each has proven challenging, according to a new study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.