Today’s Solutions: February 10, 2025

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A personalized mRNA Vaccine provides 'real hope' for melanoma patients

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In a major development in cancer research, scientists started testing the world's first tailored mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma. This revolutionary strategy has enormous promise in the fight against cancer, providing new hope to both patients and Read More...

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Universal cancer immunotherapy may be possible through protein engineering

Scientists at ETH Zurich have made significant progress in developing a ready-to-use immunotherapy treatment for cancer. A synthetic protein modification can allow immune cells from any donor to be delivered to any patient without the risk of an adverse immunological reaction. What is Read More...

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Novel blood cancer treatment effective in three-fourths of trial patients

According to new findings from an ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical research trial, a novel investigational immunotherapy resulted in successful response rates for 73 percent of patients with multiple myeloma, a lethal form of blood cancer. Based on these encouraging findings, an application to the US Read More...

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New treatment makes cancer cells obvious targets for immune system

Cancer is a condition that involves the development of abnormal cells in a certain part of the body that divide uncontrollably, so much so that it can spread to other parts of the body. It is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Researchers, medical professionals, and scientists from Read More...

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New immunotherapy drug combo slows liver cancer growth in mice

There is something of an art to the science of medicine. We’ve all heard that everyone’s different, and so is their biology. Sometimes, developing the right treatment for a patient’s condition takes dedicated and creative trial and error with their doctor, and finding the right combination of Read More...

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Researchers pinpoint the driver of metastasis

Metastasis is the process of cancer spreading through the body. It happens when cells break away from a tumor, traveling around the body to implant themselves in other areas. Unfortunately, this phenomenon renders chemotherapy and immunotherapy pretty ineffective. For decades, the exact mechanisms Read More...

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New breakthroughs in nutrient-sensing cells

Did you know immune cells can sense nutrients? A new study from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has identified the biological mechanism behind the phenomenon. The type of immune cells with these special abilities are called T cells. These play a critical role in immunity and cancer, Read More...

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New treatment kills cancer cells in terminally ill patients

There are about 12,200 new head and neck cancer cases in the UK every year, and many of these patients are diagnosed at advanced stages when the disease is very difficult to treat. The standard treatment currently offered to many patients with advanced cancer is “extreme” chemotherapy, which Read More...

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Immunotherapy toothpaste could reduce peanut allergy severity

New nut allergy drugs and exposure therapies have made allergy diagnosis and treatment easier. Now, there’s even a toothpaste entering phase 1 trials that easily delivers immunotherapy for peanut allergies.  Created by New York-based startup Intrommune Therapeutics, the therapeutic toothpaste Read More...

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Late-stage melanoma was once untreatable. Immunotherapy is changing that

Melanoma seems to have found its match in immunotherapy, a type of treatment designed to help the immune system fight cancer. Just a decade ago, only one-in-20 patients would live for five years after being diagnosed with late-stage melanoma, with most dying in months. But drugs designed to trigger Read More...