innate immunity | Cancer Translated

Accelerating discovery collaboratively with patients as partners: Q&A with Shannon McWeeney

Shannon McWeeney, Ph.D., works at the intersection of computer science, biostatistics, genetics and medicine, finding ways to speed cancer research past the bottlenecks stalling progress. She’s...

Study explains a tumor enabling role of the immune system – and suggests a new treatment approach

OHSU researchers led by Lisa M. Coussens, Ph.D., have revealed a novel mechanism underlying how cancer cells co-opt complement proteins of the immune system to promote tumor growth. And the...

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