A New 30,000-year-old Giant Virus Named Mollivirus Sibericum Was Found
French scientists found an ancient giant virus named Mollivirus sibericum in a frozen soil sample collected from permafrost in Siberia, which has been sleeping in prehistoric permafrost in the region ...
New Finding of Responses to CTLA4 Blockade in Metastatic Melanoma
Cancer immunotherapy is quite popular in recent years. From the beginning of the discoveries that our immune system can inhibit cancer growth, along with the multiple roles of the immunologic ...
The United Immune Cells?
Migratory birds, dolphins, ants and many other creatures have learned a truth that unity is strength. When immune cells fight against viruses, they are also well versed in this rule, recently pointed ...
To Be Immunogenic or Not? It Is Not a Question Anymore
In 2006, Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka gained the lead with iPS technology induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). Since then, the technology has been seen as the hope of cell therapy. It is ...
The "Gateway" Allows Cancer Cells to Spread to Blood Vessels
Recently, scientists used real-time, high-resolution imaging technology to determine a a "gateway" in the vasculature, allowing cancer cells to spread from the breast to other parts of the body. ...
New Finding: the Origins of Breast Tumor Cells
A key issue for tumor biology is to understand the mechanisms controlling tumor heterogeneity, and to determine the extent of tumor heterogeneity that will affect the clinical outcome. In a recent ...