NK cells are a type of white blood cell that acts as an immunological first responder, quickly detecting and destroying any cells without proper molecular ID proving they are “self” – native body ...

White blood cell counts can predict whether or not lung cancer patients will benefit from immunotherapy, according to new research. White blood cell counts can predict whether or not lung cancer ...

Natural killer cells, or NK cells for short, are a type of white blood cell that can kill abnormal or damaged cells, like cancer cells or cells infected with a virus. They get their name because ...

reported on a compassionate use expanded access IND combining the PD-L1-targeted NK cell with ImmunityBio’s IL-15 fusion protein (N-803) in a patient with metastatic pancreatic cancer who had ...

and the manufacture of the cells is complex. Natural killer (NK) cells that have been modified to express an anti-CD19 CAR have the potential to overcome these limitations. The administration of ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have uncovered a unique ability of a special subtype of natural killer cells in the immune system, called adaptive NK cells, to remember ovarian tumors and ...

This study (NCT04290546) sponsored by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigated allogeneic CIML NK cell infusion followed by N-803 after lead-in CTLA-4 inhibition (ipilimumab) plus lymphodepleting ...

The cell therapy is being developed by Affimed in collaboration with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. It combines natural killer, or NK, cells — a type of immune system cell ...

The patient was found to have a pathogenic germline mutation in the X-linked interleukin-2 receptor subunit gamma gene (IL2RG), which was somatically reverted in T cells but not in natural killer ...