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Behavior Adjustment: How Epigenetics and Math Meet to Predict Cancer Cells’ Behavior

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023
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As cancer cells develop, they undergo epigenetic changes to promote what’s called “phenotypic plasticity”, which helps them avoid immune cell responses, resist chemotherapy, and invade other tissue in the body. Using a mathematical model, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel

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Aiding the Enemy: How Certain Bacteria Affect Immunotherapy

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has recently released a study that shows how the bacteria that naturally live in our lungs create an environment that suppresses T-cell activity. Unfortunately, this interferes with cancer treatments such as immunotherapy. As a

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