Immune system

Cancer vaccine development has had many challenges. But with recent breakthroughs and new partnerships, could we be closer than ever?

Researchers in Southampton have found a way to improve the effectiveness of immunotherapy in cancers that are resistant by repurposing existing drugs

A new study has found that the level of a person’s immune cells may provide an indication of whether they would benefit from chemotherapy in oropharyngeal cancer.

Forty years ago, hints of a new component of the immune system caused a stir. Here, we chart the story of gamma delta T cells from discovery to clinical trials…

A team of our scientists at University College London have developed a potential new immunotherapy drug and caused another paradigm shift in our understanding of how cancer immunotherapy works.

Scientists working on the TRACERx project have mapped how the immune systems responds to lung tumours over time

There are many unanswered questions about how and why cancer spreads around the body. But one thing we do know is that only some cancers metastasise.

US researchers have found a link between the makeup of bacteria in the tumours of people with pancreatic cancer and how long they live.

Injecting immune cell stimulants directly into a tumour could help the immune system spot and attack cancer cells, according to new research in mice.

In this Science Surgery post Millie asks: ‘Why doesn’t the immune system attack cancer cells?’ The short answer is it does! But sometimes it needs a helping hand from exciting new treatments.