Brain cancer potentially resists immunotherapies by trapping T cells in bone marrow Osaka, Japan – Certain brain cancers are associated with low numbers of immune system T-cells circulating in the peripheral blood. Low T-cell numbers can be a side-effect of cancer treatment. But it now appears that there is more to the story of these missing T-cells. Researchers from multiple …

Artificial Bone Marrow Supports Blood Stem Cells for Disease Modelling and Drug Discovery Scientists in Basel, Switzerland, have created an artificial tissue that mimics some of the biological properties of natural bone marrow niches and can support stem and progenitor cell replication over several days. The researchers, headed by Ivan Martin, Ph.D., at the University of Basel’s department of medicine …

Bone marrow protein a ‘magnet’ for passing prostate cancer cells Scientists at the University of York have shown that a protein in the bone marrow acts like a ‘magnetic docking station’ for prostate cancer cells, helping them grow and spread outside of the prostate. Now that this mechanism has been identified, however, scientists at York have found a way to …