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What is an ultrasensitive DNA test in cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The genetic makeup of a cancer is quite different than that of the person who has it, and now new efforts to very specifically characterize the cancer...
Should the complex business of organ transplantation be turned over to a private enterprise? Elizabeth Tracey reports
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Obtaining human organs for transplantation is largely managed by UNOS, the United Network for Organ Sharing, and it’s a not for profit enterprise. Y...
Allowing the market to dictate organ transplantation increases inequity, Elizabeth Tracey reports
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Does the organ transplantation system in the US need reform? That’s the agenda of a disgruntled family member whose relative waited years for a tran...
Would an organ transplant system that is profit driven be acceptable? Elizabeth Tracey reports
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
UNOS, the United Network for Organ Sharing, oversees much of the organ transplantation taking place in the United States, and how it manages this is c...
Getting an organ transplant requires a number of factors to be aligned, Elizabeth Tracey reports
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to organ transplantation one size does not fit all. A multitude of factors determine whether a given organ is right for a certain recipi...
How are special interests attempting to change our organ donation system? Elizabeth Tracey reports
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is five years unacceptably long to wait on a transplant list for a donor heart? The son of a recipient thinks so, and is attempting to radically chang...
Curtailing firearm violence must start with the facts, Elizabeth Tracey reports
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Almost 400 million firearms are in civilian hands in the United States, a fact cited in the recently released JAMA Summit Report on Reducing Firearm V...
What is the role of technology in reducing firearm violence? Elizabeth Tracey reports
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our current AI boom, it can seem as if technology will soon take over our lives. Yet Joseph Sakran, one member of a multidisciplinary panel that ha...
What steps are needed to reduce firearm injuries and deaths in the United States? Elizabeth Tracey reports
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The JAMA Summit Report on Reducing Firearm Violence and Harms is a comprehensive document that’s just been released on the proceedings of a multidis...
How might a new paradigm reduce firearm violence in the United States? Elizabeth Tracey reports
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The good news is in many cities around the United States deaths and injuries due to firearm violence appear to be trending down, and a new summit repo...
A multifaceted approach is being taken to stem firearm violence, Elizabeth Tracey reports
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over 800,000 people have died since we entered this new century and 2 million plus have been injured using firearms in the United States.  T...
If you’re pregnant or considering pregnancy, should you take acetaminophen? Elizabeth Tracey reports
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Federal officials have suggested that use of acetaminophen during pregnancy may increase the risk for autism in offspring. Heather Volk, an autism exp...
Is acetaminophen use during pregnancy associated with autism in offspring? Elizabeth Tracey reports
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do women who take acetaminophen during pregnancy risk autism in their offspring? Autism expert Heather Volk at Johns Hopkins says one likely explanati...
A certain type of air pollutant seems to be linked to brain abnormalities, Elizabeth Tracey reports
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PM 2.5 stands for particulate matter 2.5 microns or less, and this category of air pollutant may well be involved in autism risk as well as cognitive ...
Can air pollution impact on autism? Elizabeth Tracey reports
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new study points to chemicals called PFAS in possibly underpinning autism development. Autism expert Heather Volk at Johns Hopkins says another envi...
PFAS exposure during pregnancy may cause changes in the developing brain, Elizabeth Tracey reports
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chemicals abbreviated PFAS have been used for some time in things like nonstick cookware, and almost all of us have measurable levels of them in our b...
Do the environmental pollutants PFAS have any impact on development of autism? Elizabeth Tracey reports
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PFAS are chemicals that were used in things like nonstick cookware or stain resistant fabrics, and they’ve been implicated in a number of deleteriou...
Many vaccines are intended to reduce disease severity, Elizabeth Tracey reports
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Covid vaccines boosted the immune response in people being treated for cancer and improved their survival, a recent study concludes. mRNA expert Jeff ...
Why were so many people hesitant to take mRNA vaccines? Elizabeth Tracey reports
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
mRNA vaccines can help the body fight cancer, a new study found, yet when we look at what has been called ‘vaccine hesitancy’ we see many people a...
What is it about mRNA vaccines that helps us fight cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
People with lung cancer and melanoma who were receiving immunotherapies and got a Covid vaccine saw dramatically improved survival compared with folks...
Why haven’t we seen cancer fighting effects with vaccines other than the Covid vaccines? Elizabeth Tracey reports
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
People undergoing immunotherapy treatment for cancer and who got a Covid vaccine survived longer than those who did not get the vaccine, a new study f...
mRNA could comprise a generic vaccine to be used for cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you were being treated for lung cancer or melanoma with immunotherapy and you received a Covid vaccine, you got a surprising benefit: you were twic...
The benefit of mRNA vaccines in cancer treatment is ongoing, Elizabeth Tracey reports
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
People with lung cancer or melanoma who were receiving immunotherapy and got a Covid vaccine within 100 days of initiating treatment saw dramatically ...
mRNA vaccines take advantage of the body’s own systems, Elizabeth Tracey reports
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Combating cancer may soon include immunization with an mRNA vaccine, as studies accumulate demonstrating their benefit in revving up the immune system...
Might mRNA vaccines replace chemotherapy for cancer treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Receipt of an mRNA vaccine for Covid within 100 days of beginning immunotherapy for lung cancer or melanoma increased a person’s survival likelihood...
Can mRNA vaccines treat cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives during the Covid-19 pandemic. Now a new study points to their effectiveness in helping people survive cancer. Th...
Can a new test of cerebrospinal fluid be used for many diseases of the brain and spinal cord? Elizabeth Tracey reports
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Testing a fluid known as cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, found surrounding the brain and spinal cord, reveals a lot about brain tumors and the immune res...
Cerebrospinal fluid may hold the keys to brain cancer identification and treatment, Elizabeth Tracey reports
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tumor components and immune response indicators can be found in cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, when someone has a brain tumor, in a new test developed b...
What does your immune response have to do with brain tumors? Elizabeth Tracey reports
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your immune system has everything to do with how your body responds to cancer, and brain tumors are no exception. A new test aims to assess that along...
Cerebrospinal fluid can tell lots about brain tumors, Elizabeth Tracey reports
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your brain and spinal cord are floating in something called cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, and when brain tumors develop they shed cells and cellular co...
Can assessments of brain cancers be done with cerebrospinal fluid? Elizabeth Tracey reports
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When someone is thought to have a brain tumor procedures to make the diagnosis may be risky or invasive, so a new test developed by Chetan Bettegowda,...
When you have screening colonoscopy should you worry about the endoscopist’s skills? Elizabeth Tracey reports
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI assisted colonoscopy, where a computer helped interpret images seen during the procedure, resulted in endoscopists being less adept at recognizing ...
Small risks of recurrent breast cancer may exist after treatment, Elizabeth Tracey reports
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve been treated for early breast cancer your overall risk for recurrence is small, a new large, long term study finds. William Nelson, direct...
Most women who’ve had early breast cancer are not at high risk for recurrence, Elizabeth Tracey reports
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Women who’ve had early breast cancer and been treated can likely lay their worries about recurrence to rest, a new study concludes. Johns Hopkins Ki...
Aspirin may be of benefit in a number of cancers, Elizabeth Tracey reports
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
People who’ve had colorectal cancer and have a known mutation should likely take aspirin to help prevent disease recurrence, according to a new stud...
What is the benefit of asprin in reducing colorectal cancer recurrence? Elizabeth Tracey reports
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
People who’ve had colorectal cancer and who have a mutation known as  PI3 kinase benefit from taking asprin to prevent recurrence, a new s...
Care should be taken when using CT in kids, Elizabeth Tracey reports
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Transcript Using CT scanning in children should be limited, a recent study concludes, finding that about one in ten cancers in kids were likely relate...
What is the cancer risk posed by CT scans in kids? Elizabeth Tracey reports
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CT scans in children, especially those that image bones where bone marrow is found, increase the risk for certain cancers, a new study finds. And the ...
Will RNA based tests form the basis for cancer screening and monitoring? Elizabeth Tracey reports
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
RNA is easier to detect and points toward cancer activity better than DNA testing, a recent study concludes. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center direct...
Can RNA provide a way to look for cancer recurrence? Elizabeth Tracey reports
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Using blood tests to look for cancer and cancer recurrence has been an area of active research for some time now, with a new study pointing to RNA rat...
Mail in screening tests for colorectal cancer seem effective, Elizabeth Tracey reports
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most people should start screening for colorectal cancer at age 45, due to increasing rates of the disease in younger people. Now a new study examines...
How should we interpret rising cases of colorectal cancer in younger people? Elizabeth Tracey reports
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Colorectal cancer is occurring more frequently in those in the forty to forty nine year old age group, leading to recommendations for screening earlie...
Can taking a supplement help you avoid recurrence of some skin cancers? Elizabeth Tracey reports
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nicotinamide is one of a group of vitamins known as B vitamins, and it’s available over the counter. A new study shows that in people who’ve had e...
Why do certain microorganisms colonize your body? Elizabeth Tracey reports
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your microbiome, the host of organisms that live on and in you, are unique to you, with a new study showing that some types of bacteria and fungi may ...
Will you soon be asked to give a specimen to assess your microbiome? Elizabeth Tracey reports
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Certain bacteria resident on people’s bodies do confer an increased risk for pancreas cancer, a new study finds. William Nelson, director of the Kim...
What might your microbiome have to do with your cancer risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your microbiome is the collection of microorganisms that live on you and in you, with a new study pointing to certain bacteria as increasing one’s r...
A new study shows shunting works for normal pressure hydrocephalus, Elizabeth Tracey reports
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As people age, many will develop problems with walking, cognition, and urination. Yet while some may point to dementia as the cause, a build up of flu...
Fluid buildup in the brain treated with a shunt improves symptoms, Elizabeth Tracey reports
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Problems walking, urinary issues, cognitive impairment…these are all symptoms of normal pressure hydrocephalus, where fluid builds up in the brain, ...
Shunts do work for a condition where fluid builds up in the brain, Elizabeth Tracey reports
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Normal pressure hydrocephalus, where fluid called CSF builds up in the brain, is fairly common with aging, and has been treated with something called ...
Fluid in the brain known as hydrocephalus is fairly common with aging, Elizabeth Tracey reports
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The singer Billy Joel recently announced he has normal pressure hydrocephalus, or NPH, a condition where fluid builds up in the brain and may cause a ...
What’s the alternative to computer games to stave off dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Use of electronic devices seems to reduce one’s risk for dementia, a recent study showed. Constantine Lyketsos, an Alzheimer’s disease expert at J...
Does using digital technology help people avoid dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An analysis of 57 studies published recently shows that use of digital technologies, including computers and smart phones, helps reduce the risk of de...
Should you consider available formulations of lithium to reduce dementia risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lithium may reduce dementia risk. That’s the take home from a recent study in mice that garnered a lot of attention. Constantine Lyketsos, a dementi...
Is lithium the key to avoiding the development of dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If mouse models prove to be true in humans, the element lithium may help avoid the development of dementia. Dementia expert Constantine Lyketsos at Jo...
You’re in charge of your healthcare decisions, Elizabeth Tracey reports
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are the plethora of healthcare screenings something that’s appropriate for you? That’s one question Nancy Schoenborn, a geriatrics expert at Johns...
What’s the best way to craft public health messages? Elizabeth Tracey reports
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Healthcare screenings should be targeted to those who are likely to benefit, and conveying information about that needs to be crafted carefully so peo...
Information can help people decide to forgo cancer screening, Elizabeth Tracey reports
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When given appropriate information about mammogram screenings, including benefits, harms, and who should consider screening cessation, a cohort of old...
What are the factors that keep people who won’t benefit from health screenings going? Elizabeth Tracey reports
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Even when people know they can discontinue health screenings for things like cancer they often continue the practice. Nancy Schoenborn, a geriatrics e...
How might you feel about being told you can stop cancer screening? Elizabeth Tracey reports
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just as there’s a point in life when cancer screenings should begin, so too is there a point at which they can stop. That’s usually because the li...
How should preventive healthcare change as people age? Elizabeth Tracey reports
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Research on when preventive healthcare like cancer screenings should start is abundant, with some guidelines, such as for breast or colorectal cancer,...
How would you feel about being screened for dementia on a regular basis? Elizabeth Tracey reports
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
About half of people who have dementia don’t know it, and those people are at risk for worse outcomes when they’re hospitalized. That’s accordin...
People with dementia but no diagnosis can have more problematic hospitalizations, Elizabeth Tracey reports
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Older people with undiagnosed dementia who get hospitalized experience worse outcomes than other groups of older adults who require hospitalization, a...
Undiagnosed dementia can be risky, especially when someone is hospitalized, Elizabeth Tracey reports
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
People who have dementia frequently aren’t diagnosed, and when such a person is hospitalized they are at much higher risk for poorer outcomes. That’...
Can peripheral blood sampling be combined with radiation therapy for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cancers continue to change, or mutate, as time goes on, often acquiring the ability to outmaneuver treatments. Valsamo Anagnostou, a cancer researcher...
A combination of strategies help determine best cancer treatment strategies, Elizabeth Tracey reports
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Genetics are foundational to much of cancer treatment, and now both the environment surrounding the tumor as well as analysis of cancer cells shed int...
How does radiation benefit the body’s response to cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Radiation of a primary tumor can activate immune cells around distant metastases, a study by Valsamo Anagnostou, a cancer researcher at Johns Hopkins,...
Radiation is emerging as an important tool in helping improve immune response in cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When cancer develops resistance to immunotherapy, radiation may help. That’s according to a study by cancer researcher Valsamo Anagnostou at Johns H...
Can radiation affect distant metastasis? Elizabeth Tracey reports
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If someone with cancer has initially responded to immunotherapy but then develops metastasis, radiation of the primary tumor may help treat those dist...
Can radiation improve the success of immunotherapies to treat cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Immunotherapies have proven very successful in the treatment of different types of cancer, but over time it is common for resistance to develop. Valsa...
What does the area around a tumor tell us about response to treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How tumors respond to treatment has to do with both their internal and external environments, research by Valsamo Anagnostou, a cancer researcher at J...
Assessing individual cancer characteristics is needed to determine resistance to new types of therapies, Elizabeth Tracey reports
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Immunotherapies hold enormous promise for treating cancers of various types, but the bad news is that while many patients may initially respond many w...
Laboratory studies demonstrate causation when it comes to cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Studies looking at lung cancer in people who smoked showed that those who did experienced a lot more lung cancer than those who didn’t. That’s a c...
Do you understand what ‘risk’ means when it comes to cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When people are diagnosed with a cancer many questions come up, among them what might have led to the development of cancer, especially with regard to...
What should you do about getting the RSV vaccine? Elizabeth Tracey reports
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Respiratory syncytial virus or RSV can result in serious illness or death for infants, people with compromised immunity or older adults. The vaccine i...
With cold and flu season about to begin and Covid continuing, should you get a vaccine if you’re already under the weather? Elizabeth Tracey reports
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s vaccination season, with many considering getting a Covid vaccine in light of ongoing infections nationwide. Critical care medicine expert Pana...
Monitoring your own symptoms after vaccination helps identify adverse reactions, Elizabeth Tracey reports
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
People often express concerns about routine immunizations causing adverse reactions. Panagis Galiatsatos, a critical care expert at Johns Hopkins and ...
Reporting adverse events after receiving a vaccine helps you and others, Elizabeth Tracey reports
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know about the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, or VAERS? This organization tracks and investigates bad reactions people have after rec...
Respiratory infection season is almost upon us, and older people in particular should pay attention to their vaccine status, Elizabeth Tracey reports
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re an older adult or someone with chronic disease, now is a good time to consider getting vaccinated for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV....
If you’re sending a child off to college what vaccines should they get? Elizabeth Tracey reports
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Being up to date on vaccines should be on the college prep list, says pharmacist Victoria DeJaco at Johns Hopkins. Dejaco: Definitely gonna want COVID...
Which type of vitamin is best? Your pharmacist knows, Elizabeth Tracey reports
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you take vitamins? While the evidence is conflicting on whether they are beneficial for health the majority of US adults do take them, and frequent...
The breadth of expertise of your pharmacist is available to you, Elizabeth Tracey reports
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pharmacists are increasingly being called upon to take on additional healthcare tasks, from administering immunizations to reconciling medications to ...
What will loss of insurance do to people who already can’t afford their medicines? Elizabeth Tracey reports
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Only one-quarter of people who could benefit from a cholesterol lowering drug were taking one, a recent study by Caleb Alexander, a drug efficacy expe...
Many people who could benefit from medicines to reduce their cardiovascular risk aren’t getting them, Elizabeth Tracey reports
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A large number of people who could benefit from medicines to reduce cholesterol and consequent cardiovascular risk aren’t taking them, a study by Ca...
What are the barriers to testing for hepatitis C in emergency departments? Elizabeth Tracey reports
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hepatitis C is a worldwide problem, with millions of people infected who don’t even know it. We do have effective treatment and untreated infection ...
Could more targeted screening be helpful in colorectal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new blood test used to screen people for colorectal cancer just isn’t ready to replace colonoscopy or fecal immunochemical tests, since these are ...
Are there aspects to blood testing for colorectal cancer that undermine screening? Elizabeth Tracey reports
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new blood test for colorectal cancer finds advanced cancers well, but William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says wh...
Is there a role for a new blood test for colorectal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A blood test can identify the majority of colorectal cancers, a new study finds, when compared with the gold standard, colonoscopy, for screening. Yet...
How helpful is a new blood test for colorectal cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Blood tests for cancer are much in the news lately, including one to test for colorectal cancer. Such a test, if it works as well as methods like colo...
Supervised exercise helped reduce recurrence of colorectal cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Regular, supervised exercise helped people who’d been treated for colorectal cancer avoid recurrence of the disease, a new study shows, adding to th...
Can a new drug that helps hot flashes herald a way to prevent many breast cancers? Elizabeth Tracey reports
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some drugs used to treat breast cancer might also be used to prevent it, but the hot flashes and other troublesome side effects make that an unlikely ...
Engaging both patients and physicians in the use of cholesterol lowering medicines is needed, Elizabeth Tracey reports
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Among people who’ve had a heart attack, stroke, or other cardiovascular event and need a cholesterol lowering medicine, about 2/3 will take one. Amo...
Why don’t people who are eligible for cholesterol lowering medicines take them? Elizabeth Tracey reports
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Only about 25 percent of people who need cholesterol lowering medicines based on blood tests take them,  with about 2/3 of those who’ve ha...
Just how much does it cost our healthcare system when people don’t take needed medicines to reduce cardiovascular risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not taking medicines to lower cholesterol when you clearly need them increases your risk for heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events. Y...
The gap between recommendations and who is actually taking medicines to lower cardiovascular disease risk is huge, Elizabeth Tracey reports
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks and strokes, remains the number one cause of death in the United States, yet many people who should be...
How many people aren’t taking needed medicines to reduce cardiovascular risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most people have heard of statins, drugs that lower cholesterol and consequent cardiovascular disease risk. Caleb Alexander, a drug safety and efficac...
Can hot flashes and night sweats be controlled in women having treatment for breast cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hot flashes and night sweats are called vasomotor symptoms, and they’re experienced by many women approaching menopause and those being treated for ...
There’s hope for women with breast cancer who are experiencing menopausal symptoms, Elizabeth Tracey reports
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Women whose breast cancer has estrogen receptors are usually treated with estrogen depleting medicines, with the consequence that they have hot flashe...
CAR-T cells are an expensive form of cancer treatment, but other techniques may soon supplant them, Elizabeth Tracey reports
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CAR-T cells, a highly activated immune cell, have been used to treat a solid tumor, stomach cancer, for the first time. Yet the fact remains that CAR-...
Why has it been so hard to use CAR-T cells to treat solid tumors? Elizabeth Tracey reports
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time CAR-T cells, a highly activated type of immune cell, have been used with some success to treat stomach cancer, a so-called solid tu...
Will solid tumors now be treated with CAR-T cells? Elizabeth Tracey reports
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve probably heard of CAR-T cells, a type of immune cells taken from someone’s body, grown up in a lab and trained to attack their cancer. CAR-...