For many years, doctors have known that chronic infections can quietly damage the body over time. One of these infections is hepatitis C, a virus that attacks the liver and can stay in the body for ...

Scientists at UCLA have developed an “off-the-shelf” cell-based immunotherapy that was able to track down and kill pancreatic ...

Scientists have discovered how pancreatic cancer cells thrive in the lungs or liver, environments that are as distinct to cells as the ocean and desert are to animals. The spread of cancer cells to ...

Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most challenging tumors to treat, partly because it is often discovered at advanced stages when the disease has already spread, or metastasized. About half of ...

A UCLA-developed nanoparticle is aiming to reprogram the liver in humans to attack pancreatic cancer with an mRNA vaccine (curved, hatched red lines) and an immune-activating fragment of genetic ...

UCLA researchers have developed a CAR-NKT cell therapy that has been more effective than current immunotherapies at fighting ...

Malcolm Stephens was given just two years to live after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The disease is one of the ...

Malignant ascites can develop with late stage pancreatic cancer. Ascites involves the buildup of fluid in the abdomen. Doctors can drain the fluid to relieve symptoms, but fluid may return. Ascites ...

Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest forms of cancer, with most patients diagnosed after the disease has already spread ...