Category: Research
Can an injectable particle help supercharge your T cells? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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CAR-T cells are a type of immune cell that have proven very effective for treating some types of cancer, yet limitations to their use exist. Biomedical engineering expert Jordan Green at Johns Hopkins says limitations including lengthy time and expense …
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Can an mRNA containing particle help direct your T cells to specific targets? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Using polyester to wrap mRNA to create an injectable particle may soon enable targeting of your T cells to fight some cancers and autoimmune diseases. That’s according to research by Jordan Green, a biomedical engineering expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues. …
Temporary changes to T cells may empower new treatments for cancer and autoimmune disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Messenger RNA can be used to stimulate T cells to fight cancer and autoimmune disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Could early life antibiotic use be associated with chronic disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Where are the blind spots in medicine? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Blind Spots is the name of a new book by Marty Makary, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins and public health researcher, illustrating how medicine sometimes gets it wrong and then seems unable to reverse the tide of established treatments and …
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