which limits access of tumor-killing T cells. Because of that so-called immune desert environment, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA), the most common type of pancreatic cancer, has been ...

The response rate is around 30 percent and even worse in "immune desert-type tumors," which have a low number of T cells and a reduced immune response. Dr. Chen's work addresses this critical ...

“Measles is also known to wipe out immunity so if you get a measles infection, it kills a lot of cells in your body that ...

Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapies have achieved significant breakthroughs in cancer treatment over the past decade. However, ICB is largely ineffective in desert-type gastric cancer (GC) due ...

“Most times, we don’t know why they come,” says Dr. Alessandro Villa, chief of oral medicine and oral oncology at Miami Cancer Institute ... sores seem related to immune system activity ...

Over-the-counter gels provide temporary pain relief for both minor and moderate cankers. They feature an anesthetic called benzocaine that numbs the affected area. They also shield the canker from ...

In an interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the ...

From cancer cure to good nutrition prevention ... although people with weakened immune systems are at a high risk of developing the disease. For every thousand people infected with measles ...

To mark International Women's Day, we predict the 12 women who’ll be leading the way this year... There are few things as ...

He asserted that natural immunity to measles, gained through infection, somehow also protected against cancer and heart disease ... West Texas is “kind of a food desert,” he added.

Jack Dykinga won a Pulitzer in Chicago, then came West for a celebrated career in nature photography. And at age 82, after a ...

Jack Dykinga won a Pulitzer in Chicago, then came West for a celebrated career in nature photography. And at age 82, the Oro ...