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Immunotherapy is a modern approach to cancer treatment that uses a patient’s own immune system to help fight tumors. It has made an incredible impact on treating cancers in many different organ systems, including the lung, kidney, and bladder—but for other cancers, such as liver cancer, the therapy has been much less effective. This discrepancy is especially concerning as liver cancer rates have nearly tripled in the last 40 years.

A new type of cell-based immunotherapy shows promise for B-cell lymphomas, and due to innovations in manufacturing, could make future cellular immunotherapies less expensive and more accessible to patients.

A partnership between Kick It California, a tobacco quitline operated by University of California San Diego, and local 211 information and referral agencies resulted in more than 55,000 new referrals for tobacco cessation services between 2021 and 2023, report researchers at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center.

A study led by the University of California, Irvine has revealed the significant impact of staffing instability on nursing home quality across the country, as reflected in the Five-Star Quality Rating System published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Families and prospective residents often rely on these care assessments when choosing a nursing home.

Almost half of Canadian households that have children with celiac disease are struggling to afford gluten-free foods, according to a new study led by the University of Alberta published in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.

Researchers have identified a novel genetic risk factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection, providing new insights into the virus’s ability to invade human cells. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that spreads COVID-19.

Gout flares are commonly underreported among U.S. adults with gout, according to a study published in the January issue of ACR Open Rheumatology.

Oregon Health & Science University researchers have developed a new lab model to study how changes in cervical mucus during the menstrual cycle help regulate fertility. This model could help develop new, non-hormonal birth control methods for women.

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model to detect the spread of metastatic brain cancer using MRI scans, offering insights into patients’ cancer without aggressive surgery.

Three main themes may largely explain COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Black women in the United States: mistrust in health care and government, concerns over vaccine safety, and disapproval of coercive vaccine communication, according to a study published online Jan. 9 in JAMA Network Open.