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PICS stands for post intensive care syndrome, and recent data indicate that perhaps the majority of people who’ve been hospitalized in an ICU will have what are called sequelae, or lingering issues once they’re stepped down or discharged. Johns Hopkins …

What kinds of issues may remain after someone has been in an intensive care unit? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Once you’ve made it through a stay in an intensive care unit, you can simply move forward in your life, right? Not exactly, as recent research indicates. So-called post intensive care syndrome, or PICS, can continue to impact the life …

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Maybe you’ve heard of CAR-T cells, a type of cell you have in your body that is supercharged in a lab and put back in to fight things like cancer. Biomedical engineering expert Jordan Green at Johns Hopkins and colleagues …

There’s a new technique that may revolutionize one type of T cell therapy, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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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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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. …

Can an mRNA containing particle help direct your T cells to specific targets? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Let’s say I take one type of immune cell from your blood, grow it in a lab and use a virus to cause changes in that cell so it recognizes cancer. Then I put it back in your body to …

Temporary changes to T cells may empower new treatments for cancer and autoimmune disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Put together a shelf-stable particle with a polyester shell, a homing mechanism, and mRNA instructions, and what do you have? A new technology that may be able to train your own T cells inside your body to combat some types …

Messenger RNA can be used to stimulate T cells to fight cancer and autoimmune disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »