A research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered a mechanism that helps acute myeloid leukemia cells to evade the body's immune system. By developing an antibody that blocks the mechanism, the researchers could restore the immune system's ability to kill the cancer cells in laboratory trials and in mice. The discovery is published in Nature Cancer.
Seems like the page is back up again, don’t know why it returned dead when I tried to read it. Thanks for the link, I’ll read it in the coming days.
I’m actually just finishing my masters in immunology, and one aspect of it I’ll love (and sometimes dread) is exactly what you said. We know so much about the immune system and still so so little.
I’m just always cautious about articles promising new therapies against cancer, because most of the time it only works in mice and fails to validate for humans. And I know some projects from friends and colleagues that got media attention and were greatly exaggerated compared to the actual findings.
What is your PhD thesis about? I’m interested in doing a PhD myself and wonder what other people in immunology worked on
Seems like the page is back up again, don’t know why it returned dead when I tried to read it. Thanks for the link, I’ll read it in the coming days.
I’m actually just finishing my masters in immunology, and one aspect of it I’ll love (and sometimes dread) is exactly what you said. We know so much about the immune system and still so so little. I’m just always cautious about articles promising new therapies against cancer, because most of the time it only works in mice and fails to validate for humans. And I know some projects from friends and colleagues that got media attention and were greatly exaggerated compared to the actual findings.
What is your PhD thesis about? I’m interested in doing a PhD myself and wonder what other people in immunology worked on
which is 99% of all mouse model research. And we keep doing it.