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Reexposing a Cancer Protein to Enhance Immunotherapy

February 22, 2024

Study finds protein that tumors manipulate to escape immune detection

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Awards & Recognitions: February 2024

February 15, 2024

Honors received by HMS faculty, postdocs, staff, and students

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Inside a Bacterial Defense System — and Its Defeat

January 11, 2024

Study reveals unexpected strategy in competition between bacteria and viruses

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Preapproval Requirement for Oral Anticancer Drugs May Interfere with Treatment

December 12, 2023

New analysis raises concerns over delays, risk that some patients may discontinue medication

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Annual Awards Propel Basic Discoveries Into Clinic

November 15, 2023

The Blavatnik Therapeutics Challenge Awards aim to harness fundamental insights into new treatments

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What Human Diseases Can Teach Us About the Immune System

November 14, 2023

Jennifer Oyler-Yaniv is studying cancer to understand general principles of the immune system

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One Punch Isn’t Enough to Overcome a Common Cancer Mutation

November 2, 2023

Study finds blocking second molecule could lead to better treatments

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How the Gut Finishes Healing Itself

October 11, 2023

Understanding how organs wrap up self-repair could lead to safer regenerative therapies

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Strep Molecule Illuminates Cancer Immune Therapies

October 6, 2023

Molecule also could help explain origins of certain enigmatic autoimmune diseases

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Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Way Cells Break Down Proteins

August 24, 2023

The mechanism degrades short-lived proteins that support brain and immune functions

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How Chromosome Imbalances Can Drive Cancer

July 6, 2023

Analysis reveals how large chromosomal changes can promote, slow tumor growth

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A New Tool for Diagnosing Cancer

June 22, 2023

Platform combines structural details with molecular information about a tumor

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