For decades, researchers have worked to create drugs that teach the immune system to kill cancer cells the way traditional ...

Sipuleucel-T is the first drug for metastatic hormone-resistant prostate cancer that is not cytotoxic or based on hormone-related therapy. Provenge was launched in the US in 2010, and despite ...

Cancer vaccines harness the power of the immune system to stop tumors in their tracks. They work a little differently than ...

It’s been 13 years since the FDA approved its first therapeutic vaccine – Dendreon Pharma’s Provenge (sipuleucel ... Myers Squibb’s immunotherapy drug Opdivo (nivolumab).

In jails and prisons, drugs are still available, effective treatment is rare, and overdoses occur. People can also cycle in and out of jail, ending up back on the street without meaningful care or ...

False Belief 1: Drug experimentation is normal for teens and shouldn’t alarm parents. Drug use and experimentation among teens often is ignored by many—even parents, who then may be unaware ...

Subscribe to the Daily News Brief. Mexican authorities have been waging a deadly battle against drug cartels for nearly two decades, but with limited success. Thousands of Mexicans—including ...

Histamine receptor, a typical G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), is important mediator of signalling and is responsible for regulation of human autoimmunity. Here, the authors report an artificial ...

Drug discovery is the process through which potential new medicines are identified. It involves a wide range of scientific disciplines, including biology, chemistry and pharmacology. A sustained ...

Increasing numbers of young people are using the drug, experts say. The health impacts can be catastrophic. Jayne Donn says her son, James, died in 2022 from a drug overdose aged 29. The 60-year ...