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Health

Advancement in Melanoma treatment

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that starts when pigment cells in the skin grow uncontrollably, rising for the last 30 years.

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Health

Immune cell healing enhanced by Treg

Dr. Prajakta Banik

While past research focused on adjusting a patient's immune cells, new studies explore delivering specific cells.

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Health

Cambridge research targets early cancer detection via immune response

Dr. Prajakta Banik

A research team at the University of Cambridge will get over £1.5 million from Cancer Research UK in the next six years.

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Immune memory and tumor defense switch

Dr. Prajakta Banik

A key metabolic switch in T cells crucial for making memory T cells, which provide long-term immunity, and for a T cell subtype.

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Health

Immunology research finds new Immune disease target

Dr. Prajakta Banik

PI3Kγ deficiency causes immunodeficiency and tissue damage.

Health

Immune system evasion by early-stage cancer cells

Dr. Prajakta Banik

SOX17 enables early colorectal adenomas and cancers.

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Health

TB vaccine reduces liver cancer tumors in mice

Dr. Prajakta Banik

BCG option for repurposing HCC treatment with Mechanistic insights

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Health

Harnessing cancer’s power to fight it

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Enhanced T cell therapies via natural mutations.

Doctors do not perform as well diagnosing skin diseases when the patient has darker skin, according to an MIT study. “This is one of those situations where you need empirical evidence to help people figure out how you might want to change policies around dermatology education,” says Matt Groh.
Health

Challenges in diagnosing darker skin conditions

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Deep learning assists in diagnosing skin diseases across different skin tones.

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Health

New signaling pathway unveils atherosclerosis insights

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Identification of a way to suppress regulatory T cells, promoting.

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Health

T cells and the quest for everlasting youth

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Senolytic CAR T cells prevent age-related metabolic problems long-term.

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Health

Allergy medicine may treat lung cancer, suggests research

Dr. Prajakta Banik

IL-4 signaling in bone marrow promotes tumor-friendly myelopoiesis.

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Health

A new way found to identify a sign of inflammatory bowel disease

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Unlocking human chemical structures via reverse metabolomics.

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Health

New immunotherapy offers hope for autoimmune skin disorders

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Molecular networks diverge to program distinct functions in CD8+ skin-resident memory T cells.

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Health

Beef and dairy nutrient boosts immune response to cancer

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Trans-vaccenic acid reprograms CD8+ T Cells for anti-tumor immunity.

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Health

Promising phase II Results: New SCLC immunotherapy

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Advancing care: Tarlatamab in previously treated SCLC.

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Health

Exercise boosts the immune system for health

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Regulatory T cells protect muscle mitochondria during exercise.

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Health

Machines efficiently generate cells for cancer treatment

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Centrifugal bioreactor speeds up CD8 T cell expansion for cancer immunotherapy.

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Health

New tech shows how the body fights COVID-19

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Pioneering use of immunoPET in COVID-19 patients.

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Health

Immune system aging detectable via CT scan

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Fatty thymus linked to male sex, obesity, and CD8+ T cell loss.

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Health

UMass Amherst study reveals small RNA’s vital role in fighting cancer

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Let-7 boosts tumor-fighting CD8 T cells in mice.

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Health

Less stress boosts T cells as cancer fighters

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Sympathetic nerves linked to T cell exhaustion via β1-adrenergic receptor.

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Health

Enhancing CAR T cells for blood cancer treatment

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Epitope editing for universal blood cancer immunotherapy.

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Exploring why some brain tumors don’t react to immunotherapy

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Blocking immune checkpoints changes how brain tumors grow.

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Health

Cancer drug shows promise in HIV cure research

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Unconventional approaches: Investigating a cancer drug's role in HIV eradication.

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Health

Immune resilience: The key to a long and healthy life

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Defying inflammation: How immune resilience enhances longevity and infection immunity.

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Biology

The complete sequences of multiple human Y chromosomes

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Unveiling the entire sequence of a human Y chromosome.

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Health

Immunotherapy combo extends lives in metastatic melanoma

Dr. Prajakta Banik

A new hope: Ipilimumab and Nivolumab for resistant melanoma.

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Health

Precision brain cancer removal with the body’s invisible scalpel

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Boosting immune defense against glioblastoma: CTLA-4 blockade's action.

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Health

Unexpected killer of immune cells found

Dr. Prajakta Banik

CD47 is a survival factor for T cells.

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