Immunotherapy-based combinations have rapidly become the dominant first-line treatment for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but real-world outcomes remain heavily constrained by liver function ...

HKUMed researchers discovered that transplanting the gut bacterium Phocaeicola vulgatus into mouse models of liver cancer induced immunotherapy resistance. The finding in mice is consistent with ...

Stanford University scientists have found that erythropoietin (EPO), a protein identified nearly 40 years ago for its ability to stimulate the production of red blood cells also plays a surprising, ...

The HKUMed research team discovered that fat in the tumours can reprogramme immune cells, producing a tumour-supporting factor that helps tumour cells evade immune attack, thereby fostering resistance ...

Advanced colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in young American men and the second highest worldwide. In the majority of these patients, as the cancer advances it metastasizes to ...

Abscopal effect refers to the shrinkage or regression of metastatic tumours that are distant from the irradiated field.

MIT researchers have developed an experimental mRNA-based therapy that restored key immune functions lost with age in mice.

KAIST researchers have developed a way to reprogram immune cells already inside tumors into cancer-killing machines. A drug ...

The liver is an extremely sensitive organ. It filters blood, eliminates toxins and creates bile to digest food; without a functioning liver, a person will die. Its sensitive nature, however, makes it ...