Glioblastoma: Current Therapies and Recent Therapeutic Advances

Eleanor Doherty   Glossary Antibody, Antidepressant, Antigen, Apoptosis, Astrocyte, CAR-T Cell Therapy, Atypia, Clinical Trial, CNS, Dendritic Cell Vaccine, Epidermal Growth Factor, Ex-Vivo, Glioblastoma Multiforme, Glioma, Immunotherapy, Metastasis, Mitotic Activity, Monoclonal Antibody, Necrosis, Neuron, Neurotransmitter, Oncology, Oncolytic Virotherapy, Prognosis, Radiotherapy, Stem Cell, Surgical Resection, Tumor, Vaccine Therapy, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor   Abbreviations BBB, blood-brain […]

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT): past to present and beyond

Aaron Logsdon   Abbreviations BBB, Blood brain barrier; DDT, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; DRC, the Democratic Republic of the Congo; HAT, Human African Trypanosomiasis; NECT, nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy; NTD, neglected tropical disease; ODC, ornithine decarboxylase; VSG, variant surface glycoprotein   Glossary antigen, antigenic variation, arsenic, asymptomatic, clinical trial, dementia, drug, drug resistance, energy metabolism, endemic, epidemic, fever, host, […]

How immunotherapy can improve colorectal cancer prognosis

Aaron Logsdon   Abbreviations CAR, chimeric antigen receptor; CAR-T, chimeric antigen receptor T lymphocyte therapy; CRC, colorectal cancer; DCR, disease control rate; dMMR, mismatch repair-deficient; FDA, US Food and Drug Administration; ICI, immune checkpoint inhibition; MMR, mismatch repair genes; MSI-H, high microsatellite instability; MSS, microsatellite stable; OR, objective response; pMMR, mismatch repair proficient; Treg, T […]