In particular, NK cells play a critical role in eliminating circulating cancer stem cells with high metastatic potential. Moreover, engineered NK cells are considered less risky for patients than ...

Technological advances empower the modification of NK cells and renewed potential for therapeutic uses in cancer and autoimmunity.

Cancer cells use sophisticated strategies to suppress the immune system and spread in the body. For instance, immune cells like natural killer (NK) cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs ...

Cancer cells use sophisticated strategies to suppress the immune system and spread in the body. For instance, immune cells like natural killer (NK) cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs ...

Using a novel method that gives a readout of which proteins are in specific locations within cells, UT Southwestern Medical ...

Thanks to the NIH, researchers like Andrew Ewald have advanced our understanding of what allows a cancer cell from one part ...

Following the discovery of inhibitory KIR and the understanding that they play a role in preventing NK cell killing of self MHC I-expressing tumor cells, investigators began to research the ...

Creating cancer therapies based around natural killer cells could offer similar levels of efficacy to CAR-T therapies, but at around one hundredth of the cost. Researchers at MD Anderson Cancer ...

Intermittent fasting in mice enhances natural killer cells’ cancer-fighting abilities ... Furthermore, mice on this diet for three weeks had smaller tumor volumes and reduced metastases compared to ...