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The BCL2 gene, short for B-cell lymphoma 2, is a critical regulator of apoptosis, or programmed cell death. It belongs to a larger BCL2 gene family, which includes both pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic proteins that maintain a delicate balance between cell survival and cell death. Dysregulation of this gene family is implicated in a variety of diseases, most notably cancer. What is BCL2? The ...
Cancer treatment has witnessed transformative advancements over the past few decades, notably with the emergence of CAR-T (Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell) therapy. This revolutionary therapy harnesses the body's immune system by genetically engineering T-cells to target and destroy cancer cells. Among the pioneering companies at the forefront of this innovation is Alfa Cytology, renowned for ...
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) and Immunohistochemistry (IHC) are two powerful techniques widely used in biological and medical research. While each has its strengths, the combination of these methods—ImmunoFISH—offers a unique and comprehensive approach to investigation at the cellular and tissue levels. Understanding the Techniques FISH is primarily utilized for detecting ...
Gene editing has emerged as a transformative tool in the field of biomedical science, with significant implications for the treatment of various diseases. The primary focus is on harnessing this technology for modifying primary T cells, a type of white blood cell crucial for the immune response. This approach has opened new avenues for immunotherapy, providing hope for treating conditions like ...
Understanding Clonality Analysis Clonality refers to the origin of a cell population from a single 'parent' or progenitor cell through asexual reproduction or division. This concept is vital in cancer studies as it helps track the development of tumor cells from a single mutated cell. Clonality analysis is thus essential in understanding the evolution and the spread of cancerous cells in a ...
Understanding Clonality Analysis Clonality refers to the origin of a cell population from a single 'parent' or progenitor cell through asexual reproduction or division. This concept is vital in cancer studies as it helps track the development of tumor cells from a single mutated cell. Clonality analysis is thus essential in understanding the evolution and the spread of cancerous cells in a ...
What is CD19 Understanding CD19: Definition and Role in the Immune System CD19, also known as Cluster of Differentiation 19, is a cell surface protein belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily. It serves as a crucial marker for B cells, playing a pivotal role in the human immune system. While predominantly found on the surface of B cells, CD19 is rarely expressed on other immune cells. Its ...
Relationship Between Immunity, Inflammation and Cancer Immunity is an act of self-protection of the body. The immune response is divided into specific and non-specific. The antigen and antibody responses are generally referred to as specific immune responses, which require the participation of B cells and T cells. Other immune cells such as macrophages and NK cells mediate non-specific immune ...
Lung cancer is a major type of cancer in the world, with the highest morbidity and mortality among all malignant tumors. ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (ALK+ NSCLC) is a relatively rare and dangerous subtype, with patients suffering from a high incidence rate of brain metastases. Statistics show that about 55% of ALK-positive advanced NSCLC patients will develop brain metastases during ...
Abstract Natural killer (NK) cells are emerging as a new tool for cell therapy of cancer. However, some cancer subtypes are relatively resistant to NK cell cytotoxicity. Expression of anti-CD19 chimeric signaling receptors can enhance NK-cell reactivity against CD19+ leukemia and lymphoma cells. Here we describe a method to enforce expression of such receptors in human NK cells relying on ...
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is a large enveloped virus of double-stranded DNA among the eight known herpesviruses. After EBV infection of cells, it accumulates in the nucleus, and there are two life cycles, with alternating phases of latency and lysis. EBV infection is associated with a variety of human malignancies and malignant tissue proliferative diseases, including malignant lymphoma, gastric ...
AFM13 is a first-in-class tetravalent, bispecific NK cell engager that binds to CD30 on tumor cells and CD16A on NK cells. By engaging CD16-positive NK cells, AFM13 leads to NK cell-mediated killing of tumor cells.1 Pembrolizumab (Keytruda®) is approved in patients with R/R classical Hodgkin lymphoma as monotherapy. AFM13 showed single agent clinical activity with solid safety profile in a ...
Just days before the sunset of the CMS Oncology Care Model, CMS announced its new Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM), the new value-based care oncology payment model. Rolled out as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Cancer Moonshot, the goal of EOM is to improve the experience of cancer patients, while advancing health equity and increasing access to care, as well as reducing Medicare ...
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found that interferon gamma receptor (IFNgR) signaling is essential for the susceptibility of CAR-T cell immunotherapy to kill malignant gliomas. The same phenomenon has been observed in other solid tumors. The findings may partially explain why liquid and solid tumors respond very differently to CAR-T cell therapy. Chimeric antigen ...
At present, chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy (CAR-T) has made significant achievements in the treatment of specific hematological cancers, allowing patients with relapsed/refractory disease to survive longer and become healthier, but in clinical studies, cell therapy has actually not been successful in the treatment of patients with solid tumors, in part due to the lack of tumor targets ...
Background Tumor immunotherapies compose immune checkpoint inhibitors, therapeutic antibodies, tumor vaccines, cellular therapies, and so on. However, each has its own set of issues, such as the fact that CAR-T therapy is an individual therapy that is costly; immune checkpoint inhibitors are highly effective, but only in some patients. The researchers expose us to a radically different way of ...
At an academic conference on Feb 15, U.S. experts announced the world's first female AIDS "cure," making it the third case of HIV infection to be cured. After therapy and withdrawal of antiviral drugs, HIVs were not identified in the patient's body for more than 14 months, indicating that the virus was in complete remission, according to academics. The key to this patient's recovery was a blood ...
Kadcyla and second-generation non-cleavable linkers Alternative linker design methodologies are still under development. Immunogen discovered a very powerful ADC by an accidental discovery. The lysine residue of trastuzumab is linked to DM1 via a non-cleavable linker containing N-succinimidyl-4-(N-maleimidomethyl)cyclohexane-1-carboxylate (SMCC), an ADC (T-DM1, Kadcyla) authorized by the FDA in ...
Novel cytotoxic drugs New cytotoxic drugs have been developed to target cancer cells with low antigen expression or resistance to auristatins or maytansinoids. For this purpose, PBD dimers have been developed, which have a molecular structure containing two alkylated imine functional groups capable of forming covalent bonds with DNA.PBD dimers are about 50-100 times more potent than conventional ...
Glycoprotein prostaglandin D2 synthase (PTGDS) is a member of the lipocalcitonin superfamily that plays a dual role in prostaglandin metabolism and lipid transport. PTGDS is involved in various cellular processes including solid tumorigenesis, but its role in tumorigenesis is paradoxical, and the significance of PTGDS in hematologic malignancies is not clear. The aim of this new study was to ...