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Good gut microbes may help immunotherapy drugs shrink tumours – Reuters

Good gut microbes may help immunotherapy drugs shrink tumoursReutersLONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Cancer patients with high levels of good gut bacteria appear more likely to respond to immunotherapy, potentially opening up a new way to optimise the use of … Continue reading

Unveiling gut microbes’ influence on cancer patient response to immunotherapy – EurekAlert (press release)

The bacteria in your gut could help determine if a cancer therapy will work – STAT

The bacteria in your gut could help determine if a cancer therapy will workSTATGut biodiversity could play a decisive role, two new studies in Science suggest. A lush microbiome populated with “good bacteria” can boost the power of the treatments, one … Continue reading

Gut microbes can shape responses to cancer immunotherapy – Nature.com

Nature.comGut microbes can shape responses to cancer immunotherapyNature.comThey also highlight the impact of antibiotics on cancer immunotherapies, particularly drugs that block either of two related proteins called PD-1 and PD-L1. One of the studies … Continue reading

TCR2 Therapeutics Appoints Cell Therapy Pioneer Dr. Stephan Grupp to Advisory Board – Markets Insider

TCR2 Therapeutics Appoints Cell Therapy Pioneer Dr. Stephan Grupp to Advisory BoardMarkets InsiderDr. Grupp is a world-renowned pediatric oncologist and cancer researcher who delivered chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy to the first pediatr… Continue reading

Medial Septum GABA Circuit Regulates Neural Stem Cell Activation – ReliaWire

ReliaWireMedial Septum GABA Circuit Regulates Neural Stem Cell ActivationReliaWire“This circuit controls the activity of stem cells in the part of the hippocampus where neurogenesis occurs. Our finding ultimately could have implications for understandi… Continue reading