Studies have shown that cancer cells can 'trick' the immune system into believing they are healthy and prevent themselves from getting destroyed.

New therapy reprograms immune cells inside tumors to attack cancer, bypassing traditional cell therapy manufacturing ...

Cancer cells may be capable of “reprogramming” immune cells to produce a molecule that actively promotes tumour growth, ...

In order to reprogram readily available cells into specific immune cells that fight various diseases, one must know the "recipe" for the transformation. Researchers at Lund University have now created ...

Cartilage is the body’s most stubborn tissue. Once it wears away, it’s usually gone for good. This biological dead-end is the ...

Leuven, 11 March 2025 – Solid tumors often provide a challenging environment for the T cells of our immune system. By reprogramming the metabolism of T cells, scientists at the VIB-KU Leuven Center ...

For decades, aging has looked like a one-way street, a slow accumulation of damage written into our cells. Now a wave of ...

In a bid to treat blindness, Life Biosciences will try out potent cellular reprogramming technology on volunteers.

Life Biosciences will test its gene therapy designed to partially reset a cell’s age and potentially reverse vision loss in ...

In recent years, we have come to appreciate that loss or dysfunction of insulin-producing islet beta cells underlies virtually all major forms of diabetes mellitus. In type 1 diabetes, beta cells ...