Asher Mullard

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Immune cells lose their cancer-fighting prowess after taking tumours’ organelles on board

January 21, 2025 | 08:00PM

Cancer cells ‘poison’ the immune system with tainted mitochondria
Chimeric brain ‘organoids’ promise to help reveal individual variation in brain development and in drug responses

June 25, 2024 | 08:00PM

These 3D model brains with cells from several people are first of their kind
Test of weight-loss candidate in mice shows that there is still room for improvement in a burgeoning field

May 14, 2024 | 08:00PM

Experimental obesity drug packs double punch to reduce weight
Hopes are high that engineered immune cells, which are already in use to treat blood cancer, will halt the progression of a degenerative autoimmune disorder

February 21, 2024 | 08:00PM

CAR T therapy for multiple sclerosis enters US trials for first time
Immune cells armed with a mutation first identified in cancer cells gain potency but don’t turn cancerous themselves

February 06, 2024 | 08:00PM

Turbocharged CAR-T cells melt tumours in mice — using a trick from cancer cells

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