Immunology

Two Mount Sinai cancer researchers will receive $4 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund, which supports research by junior scientists around the United States. This will fund radiation oncology and CAR T cell cancer therapy research.  Deborah Marshall, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at The Tisch Cancer Institute and The Blavatnik Family Women’s Health Research Institute at […]

Advances in treatments for human diseases, including cancer, rely on the ability to gain detailed information into the function, modulation, and variation of the immune system in response to stimuli or immunological challenge. Insights derived from these data have, for example, revolutionised cancer treatment by enabling the development of adoptive cell transfer therapies, such as […]

Orgenesis has entered into a collaboration agreement with Savicell Diagnostics to deploy Savicell’s patented ImmunoBiopsy immunometabolism platform. The aim is to develop and validate diagnostic kits for enhanced quality control (QC) and monitoring purposes to be used by Orgenesis in manufacturing and processing of its cell and gene therapies. New assays will be developed to enhance the potency of cell and gene therapies for use within its point-of-care […]

Professor of Cellular Immunology at the University of Dundee’s School of Life Sciences, Doreen Cantrell, has been selected to join GSK’s Immunology Network, a programme designed to embed academic scientists in GSK laboratories with the goal to broaden scientific insight and drive major breakthroughs in applied immunology.  Professor Cantrell is an immunologist and an authority […]

In the UK, researchers Professor Andrew Beggs and Professor Gary Middleton from the Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy and the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences have partnered with Cancer Research UK in a target identification project for the Immuno-oncology Alliance, which translates discovery science into new therapeutics for cancer patients. The Immuno-oncology Alliance, formed […]

King’s College London is using CNBio’s PhysioMimix Multi-Organ MPS. Following a research collaboration, King’s College London selected the system to create a human-relevant liver-intestinal model for characterising and manipulating host-microbial interactions, to support improved outcomes in cirrhosis. Launched in March 20211, the product combines CN Bio’s in vitro 3D liver model with a range of […]

National Institutes of Health scientists and their collaborators have identified an internal communication network in mammals that may regulate tissue repair and inflammation, providing new insights on how diseases such as obesity and inflammatory skin disorders develop. The new research is published in Cell. The billions of organisms living on body surfaces such as the […]

GlaxoSmithKline has announced New GSK, which will deliver step-change in growth and performance over next ten years, driven by a high-quality Vaccines and Specialty Medicines portfolio and late-stage pipeline. New GSK will keep a 20% stake in the consumer healthcare business. The Independent confirmed: “The unit will be listed on the London Stock Exchange as a separate […]

The University of Oxford has announced the launch of a new centre of global research collaboration and excellence, the Pandemic Sciences Centre. Its mission will be to ensure that the world is better equipped to create global, and equitable science-driven solutions to prepare for, identify, and counter future pandemic threats. The Pandemic Sciences Centre, which […]

The latest episode of the free DDW podcast is out, “Precision medicine in the era of artificial intelligence”. It covers one narrated article of the same title written for DDW and read aloud by Megan Thomas. It was written by Dr Lofti Chouchane and Dr Javaid Sheikh. Dr Chouchane is a professor in the departments […]