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How Immune Cells ‘See’ and Respond to Mutations in Cancer Cells

In a just-published paper in the journal Nature, a collaborative team of researchers from ISB, UCLA, PACT Pharma, and beyond analyzed T-cell responses in melanoma patients who were treated with different immune checkpoint inhibitors, and how those responses evolved over time.

How Immune Cells ‘See’ and Respond to Mutations in Cancer Cells
How Immune Cells ‘See’ and Respond to Mutations in Cancer Cells
Glioblastoma tumor slice and corresponding density map

Looking at Tumors Through a New Lens: New Research May Improve Efficacy of Glioblastoma Immunotherapy

To improve the efficacy of neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade against glioblastoma, researchers are looking for vulnerabilities in surgically removed tissues – a difficulty due to the vast differences within the tumor and between patients. To address this, ISB researchers and their collaborators developed a new way to study tumors.

Looking at Tumors Through a New Lens: New Research May Improve Efficacy of Glioblastoma Immunotherapy
Looking at Tumors Through a New Lens: New Research May Improve Efficacy of Glioblastoma Immunotherapy
Corresponding author and ISB President Dr. Jim Heath and lead author Dr. Yapeng Su.

For Cancer Cells, There Is More Than One Path to Drug Resistance

In findings published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers show that cancer cells can take more than one path to reach a drug-resistant cell state. These findings could have promising implications for the future of cancer care.

For Cancer Cells, There Is More Than One Path to Drug Resistance
For Cancer Cells, There Is More Than One Path to Drug Resistance