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Cancer > T-Cell
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T-Cell Defined
A small lymphocyte, made in the bone marrow, that circulates through the bloodstream. T-cells can live for years. They have several functions, the main being involvement in the body's immune response.
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Duke chemists synthesize promising anti-cancer product
Published August 26, 2008, 5:50 am, TechJournal South
DURHAM, NC - Duke University chemists have patented an efficient technique for synthesizing a marine algae extract in sufficient quantities to now test its ability to inhibit the growth of cancerous cells while leaving normal cells unaffected.
Chemists Synthesize Promising Anti-cancer Product
Published August 21, 2008, 8:14 pm, Science Daily
Chemists have patented an efficient technique for synthesizing a marine algae extract in sufficient quantities to now test its ability to inhibit the growth of cancerous cells while leaving normal cells unaffected.
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Tue Aug 12
- Earlier Treatment of HIV Warranted in Some Patients: I just heard about this through an ASHP Newslink email, "Earlier Treatment of HIV Warranted in Some Patients." ; The email summarized the findings in this way, "New guidelines for the treatment of HIV infection in adults address evolving issues in care, such as initiating therapy early in the course of disease in asymptomatic patients. The guidelines, from the International AIDS Society--USA Panel, discuss starting treatment before CD4+ T-cell levels fall to 350 per microliter in patients with . . .
Thu Aug 7
- PLoS Biology - TSCOT + Thymic Epithelial Cell-Mediated Sensitive CD4 Tolerance by Direct Presentation: these results demonstrate that the introduction of a neoantigen into TSCOT-expressi ng cells can efficiently establish complete tolerance and suggest a possible application for the deletion of antigen-specif ic T cells by antigen introduction into TSCOT+ cells.
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Thu Jun 19
- Guy working on making own T-cell immune system cure cancer
- BBC NEWS | Health | Clone cell cancer 'cure' hailed
- Patient's own infection-figh ting T cells put late-stage melanoma into long-term remission ? without chemotherapy or radiation: Infusion of a massive dose of CD4+ T cells would persist longer in the body because they make their own growth factor, interleukin 2, while stimulating the anti-tumor effect of the patient's existing CD8+ T cells.
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- Therapy stimulates recovery of the thymus gland: Although it has been long assumed that the thymus cannot be reactivated in humans, research published in the March issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, shows that the thymus can be stimulated to produce more T-cells.
Mon May 12
- Oxford Immunotec brings T-cell test for TB to new U.S. HQ - Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology:: TB-test coming to the U.S.
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