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The Common Mouth Microbe That Keeps Popping Up in Tumors
Lab studies link the oral bacteria Fusobacterium nucleatum to cancers from the gut to the head and neck. Could targeting the microbe tackle tumors?
The Common Mouth Microbe That Keeps Popping Up in Tumors
The Common Mouth Microbe That Keeps Popping Up in Tumors

Lab studies link the oral bacteria Fusobacterium nucleatum to cancers from the gut to the head and neck. Could targeting the microbe tackle tumors?

Lab studies link the oral bacteria Fusobacterium nucleatum to cancers from the gut to the head and neck. Could targeting the microbe tackle tumors?

cancer, vaccine

a man in a white t-shirt and face mask receives a bandage on his arm from a clinician wearing blue gloves and a plastic face shield
COVID-19 Vaccines Work in People with Cancer: Study
Marcus A. Banks | Jun 25, 2021 | 4 min read
Moderna’s, Pfizer’s, and Johnson & Johnson’s shots all offered protection against the virus regardless of cancer type, although slightly less so in people with blood cancer.
Scientific Breakthroughs with Cryogenic Electron Microscopy
The Scientist and Thermo Fisher Scientific | Jun 10, 2021 | 1 min read
Structures made via cryo-EM give researchers insights into SARS-CoV-2, HIV, neurological disorders, cancer, and more.
Flu Shot Ignites Immune Attack Against Cancer in Mice
Ashley Yeager | Apr 1, 2020 | 5 min read
Injecting the seasonal flu vaccine directly into clumps of malignant cells recruits immune cells to confront the cancer.
personalized vaccines
Infographic: Neoantigen Prediction for Personalized Vaccine Design
Jasreet Hundal and Elaine R. Mardis | Jul 15, 2019 | 3 min read
See how a computational pipeline uses next-generation sequencing data to identify genetic alterations that produce cancer-specific antigens.
Miriam Merad
Cancer Vaxxer: A Profile of Miriam Merad
Anna Azvolinsky | Apr 1, 2019 | 8 min read
The Mount Sinai oncologist studies innate immune cells with the goal of designing novel immunotherapies, including cancer vaccines.
Stem Cell Vaccine Protects Mice From Cancer
Ruth Williams | Feb 15, 2018 | 3 min read
Stem cells and cancer cells have enough molecular similarities that the former can be used to trigger immunity against the latter.
Researchers Call for Retraction of Paper that Questions HPV Vaccine
Jef Akst | Dec 22, 2016 | 2 min read
Oncologists have raised concerns about a mouse study that suggests the vaccine for human papillomavirus could cause brain damage.
Deploying the Body’s Army
Jamie Green and Charlotte Ariyan | Apr 1, 2014 | 10+ min read
Using patients’ own immune systems to fight cancer
A Universal Cancer Vaccine?
Cristina Luiggi | Apr 10, 2012 | 1 min read
A vaccine that targets 90 percent of all cancers shows promise in early clinical trials.
Pox Vaccine Treats Liver Cancer
Cristina Luiggi | Nov 11, 2011 | 1 min read
A genetically engineered smallpox vaccine improved the survival of liver cancer patients participating in a phase II clinical trial.
Failed vaccine trial raises questions
Jef Akst | Jun 23, 2011 | 2 min read
In contrast to yesterday’s news about the success of an HPV vaccine program in Australia, an Indian trial of the vaccine is stoking unfounded fear among the public and exposing some questionable ethical standards.
HPV vaccine shows promise
Jef Akst | Jun 22, 2011 | 1 min read
An HPV vaccination program in Australia appears to have resulted in a drop in cervical lesions among young women.
Vaccines
Robin A. Weiss and Peter Hale | Jun 1, 2011 | 4 min read
Looking back, looking ahead
A Shot in the Arm
Edyta Zielinska | Jun 1, 2011 | 3 min read
Decades of vaccine research have expanded our understanding of the immune system and are yielding novel disease-fighting tactics.
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