Immune System

LungVax Could Help Body Kill Cancer Cells And Stop Lung Cancer

OXFORD, UK - Scientists from the University of Oxford, the Francis Crick Institute and University College London have used technology similar to the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to create the "LungVax," a vaccine which activates the immune system to kill cancer cells and stop lung cancer. The team has been granted up to $2 million in

By |2024-03-24T15:43:56-04:00March 24th, 2024|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Scientists Find ‘Switch’ That Stops Immune System Attacking Healthy Cells

NEW YORK. - Our immune system is talented at telling the difference between the chemistry of our own body and that of an invading pathogen. When it malfunctions, our body can become host to an intense civil war. Scientists are keen to understand this in more detail, and a newly identified 'switch' that deactivates a

By |2024-03-20T17:24:42-04:00March 20th, 2024|Featured, Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|