Gut microbiota and immune alteration in cancer development: Implications for immunotherapy

A vast number of microbes colonizes the human body to form an ecological community known as the microbiota. Microbiota are made up of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and archaea. These microbes are closely associated with the physiology and function of the human body. The gut microbiota has received tremendous research attention with the recent advance in metagenomic sequencing.

WORK WITH GOV’T IN ACCOUNTING FOR PUBLIC FUNDS, HH URGES ACCOUNTANTS

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has urged Chartered Accountants to work with the government to ensure transparency and accountability of public resources is restored.

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Heart medication improves the efficacy of current treatments for melanoma in mouse models

A collaborative study undertaken by the Navarrabiomed Biomedical Research Center (Pamplona, Navarre), the Institute of Neurosciences CSIC-UMH (Sant Joan d’Alacant, Valencian Community) and IRB Barcelona (Barcelona, Catalonia) shows that the administration of ranolazine, a drug currently used to treat heart conditions, improves the efficacy of current therapies for melanoma, in mouse models of this disease.