Melanoma Patient Articles & Analysis
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The RNA surveillance pathway detects and interprets defective transcripts to ensure RNA fidelity. Recently, in a research report entitled "Oncogenic CDK13 mutations impede nuclear RNA surveillance" published in Science, scientists from Howard Hughes Medical Institute and other institutions discovered a new type of mechanism that affects the occurrence of melanoma, providing broad and important ...
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified a new strategy to reduce immune-related adverse events by targeting immunotherapy with the cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6). The study, published in Cancer Cell, provides evidence for the concept of combining immune checkpoint blockers and cytokine blockers to selectively inhibit inflammatory autoimmune responses. ...
In recent years, immune-based cancer treatment methods have given doctors and patients a lot of hope. Drugs called immune checkpoint inhibitors have provided life-saving benefits to more and more people suffering from melanoma, lung cancer, bladder cancer, and many other types of cancer. Although these drugs are exciting, a frustrating sticking point is that doctors cannot predict who will ...