Reading and Writing the Immune System
What will be the next advance in immunology? Speculations on reading and writing the immune system from neuroscience Ph.D. candidate JJ Kim.
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Cancer and the Mutation Paradox
It has long been known — thanks largely to work by Johns Hopkins’ own Bert Vogelstein — that cancer is a disease generally caused by… Read More »Cancer and the Mutation Paradox
Solving the CAR-T Conundrum
The development and commercialization of cancer immunotherapies, a class of treatments that fights cancer by fortifying the immune system, has advanced at a rapid pace.… Read More »Solving the CAR-T Conundrum
The Link Between Metabolism and Anti-Tumor Immunity: Implications for Glioma Therapy
As a callow biochemistry student, I often grappled with the onerous task of memorizing metabolic pathways. Gradually, however, I came to appreciate the underlying simplicity:… Read More »The Link Between Metabolism and Anti-Tumor Immunity: Implications for Glioma Therapy
A Novel Cancer Immunotherapy Unveiled: Y-Traps
The human immune system is composed of a diverse array of cells, which collectively work to exterminate pathogenic entities in the body. Yet this system… Read More »A Novel Cancer Immunotherapy Unveiled: Y-Traps
Success Follows When Biomedical Engineering and Immunology Collaborate
Kaitlyn Sadtler, a freshly minted Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins’ Cell and Molecular Medicine Graduate Program and Jennifer Elisseeff, Ph.D., recently had her thesis work published… Read More »Success Follows When Biomedical Engineering and Immunology Collaborate
Cancer Immunotherapy: The Next Breakthrough Gains Footing
What do faulty brakes on a car and cancer cells have in common? For one, cancer cells have found ways to evade checkpoints that the… Read More »Cancer Immunotherapy: The Next Breakthrough Gains Footing