Scott Merville
Comms manager, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Opinions are mine. Tweet about cancer and other stuff. Favs = bookmark, RTs not endorsements, etc.
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Prostate cancer bone metastases thwart immunotherapy by producing TGF-β
Prostate cancer that spreads to the bone triggers the destruction of
bone tissue that thwarts the effectiveness of immune checkpoint
inhibitors. Research points to anti-CTLA-4 and anti-TGF-B combination to
protect T cells.
Scott Merville
Prostate cancer bone metastases thwart #immunotherapy by producing TGF-β bit.ly/2QkBoUo An anti-CTLA-4 and anti-TGF-B combination under development. #endcancer #prostatecancer
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Scott Merville
Prostate cancer bone metastases thwart immunotherapy by producing TGF-β bit.ly/2O8fvoI Anti-CTLA-4 and anti-TGF-Beta combination trial under development. #endcancer #prostatecancer
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How to Cut U.S. Carbon Pollution by Nearly 40 Percent in 10 Years
A bill in Congress could slash American greenhouse-gas emissions. It’s even bipartisan—if you squint.
Scott Merville
A bipartisan carbon tax sounds good in theory. And new research shows that it could work well. But the idea is losing support @yayitsrob reports
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Trends in clinical development for PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors
Discover the world’s best science and medicine | Nature.com
Scott Merville
Trends in clinical development for PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors nature.com/articles/d4157… #immunotherapy
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No. 1 in the Nation!
The Wolff Center, part of the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston, has been named the No. 1 undergraduate program in the United States for entrepreneurship education by the Princeton Review. It has been included in the top 10...
AP investigation: Aging US dams pose risk to thousands
On a cold morning last March, Kenny Angel got a frantic knock on his door. Two workers from a utility company in northern Nebraska had come with a stark warning: Get out of your house. Just...
Mutations in tumor-adjacent tissues could reveal earliest events leading to malignancy
MD Anderson researchers find gene alterations in tissue next to tumors that provide insight into possible cancer genetic mutations that cause malignancy.
Scott Merville
Mutations in tumor-adjacent tissues could reveal earliest events leading to malignancy bit.ly/2QiFAEr @CancerFrontline #endcancer
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University of Houston student consultants give neighborhood entrepreneurs a boost
Nothing can fritter away potential faster than poor execution.
The Stories We Can't Forget (Even If We'd Like To)
After 50 years, the Monthly reflects on its greatest and worst hits.
We Can Help Men Live Longer
We need to pay more attention to the factors that contribute to earlier deaths for men.
I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike
Mary Cain’s male coaches were convinced she had to get “thinner, and thinner, and thinner.” Then her body started breaking down.
Immunotherapy combination is greater than the sum of its parts
Two immunotherapy drugs used in combination spark a significantly different T cell response than they do as individual cancer treatments.
Scott Merville
Cancer #immunotherapy combination is greater than the sum of its parts bit.ly/2NQfeXv Latest from Jim Allison's lab. Ipi/nivo combination has more than additive impact on T cells. #endcancer
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MD Anderson and Takeda Announce Collaboration to Accelerate the Development of Clinical-Stage, Off-The-Shelf CAR NK-Cell Therapy Platform
MD Anderson and Takeda today announced an exclusive license agreement
and research agreement to develop CAR NK-cell therapies for the the
treatment of B-cell malignancies.
Scott Merville
MD Anderson and Takeda announce collaboration to accelerate the
development of clinical-stage, off-the-shelf CAR NK-cell therapy platform bit.ly/2NDnkT6 #leukemia #lymphoma #endcancer
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Can 'Super-Fan' Investors Save Nautilus Magazine?
The magazine has struggled with financial woes and an inability to pay freelancers. An investor group hopes to remedy that.
E-cigarettes: Unstandardized, under-regulated, under-studied – safety unknown
The long-term health effects and cancer risks of e-cigarettes are unknown, so they should not be considered a safe alternative to traditional tobacco products, says Ernest Hawk, MD Anderson vice president for cancer prevention.
Scott Merville
E-cigarettes: Unstandardized, under-regulated, under-studied – safety unknown bit.ly/32bNpxL #vaping @MDAnderson
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Scientists With Links to China May Be Stealing Biomedical Research, U.S. Says
Nearly 200 investigations are underway at major academic centers. Critics fear that researchers of Chinese descent are being unfairly targeted.
Americans Trust Local News. That Belief Is Being Exploited.
A growth in impostor local news that promotes ideological agendas.
Nonsense Lives On in the Citations
It's apparent to anyone who's familiar with the scientific literature that citations to other papers are not exactly an ideal system. It's long been one of the currencies of publication, since highly-cited work clearly stands out as having been...
MD Anderson and University of Puerto Rico receive $13 million grant renewal
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of
Puerto Rico received a competitive renewal of their Comprehensive
Partnerships to Advance Cancer Health Equity (CPACHE) grant from the
National Cancer Institute. The CPACHE...
Ziopharm Oncology and MD Anderson Cancer Center Announce New R&D Agreement to Expand TCR-T Program
Ziopharm Oncology, Inc., and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Center today announced a new research and development agreement relating
to Ziopharm’s Sleeping Beauty immunotherapy program to use non-viral
gene transfer to stably express and...