UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have discovered that increasing the levels of a protein called BACH2 makes ...

Although rheumatologists consider chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy “potentially transformative,” nearly 70% remain ...

Every time our body encounters a new disease-causing agent, a crucial defense system called adaptive immunity comes into play ...

T cells are central mediators of autoimmune disease pathogenesis, yet their functional states are not defined solely by antigen recognition or canonical ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...

Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified a new way to reprogram T cells, ...

Renier Brentjens, MD, PhD, one of the pioneers in the development of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, is poised to see the technology take its next big leap, with researchers testing ...

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells under the microscope, in purple. There is a serious need for finding better ways to treat AML that comes back after initial treatment. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR ...

Just before the pandemic took center stage in 2020, scientists at a T cell memory conference convened to discuss a less than traditional topic: nomenclature. Prior to the event, the workshop ...

It develops from the abnormal multiplication of T cells, or T-lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell essential for immune system function. The specific treatment course and prognosis for T-cell ...