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 Peter P. Lee, left, postdoctoral fellow in hematology and immunology; and Mark M. Davis, professor of immunology and Howard Hughes Investigator used tetramer analysis to explore how cancer evades the immune system. IMMUNE SYSTEM - Using a new technique called tetramer analysis, a Stanford-led team has discovered how cancer manages to evade the normally watchful immune system. The study, which disclosed but didn't explain why T cells are inhibited in their response to cancer cells, was published in the June issue of Nature Medicine by lead author Peter P. Lee, postdoctoral fellow in hematology and immunology, and Mark M. Davis, professor of immunology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. SLEEP - A pillow that holds the sleeper's head in a position that increases the diameter of the upper airway to ease breathing may bring relief to people suffering from mild obstructive sleep apnea. The device was described at the Associated Professional Sleep Society Meeting June 19 in Orlando, Fla., by Clete Kushida, staff physician and clinical instructor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Sleep Disorders Clinic. GENETIC TESTING for Alzheimer's disease currently is not appropriate for most people, concludes a 38-member working group of Stanford's Program in Genomics, Ethics and Society (PGES), which had studied the issue for two years. The conclusion that commercial tests now available do not provide enough information to be useful except in research was reported by a PGES team in late May in the journal Genetic Testing. STROKES - Intracranial angioplasty treatment can alleviate transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), reports Michael Marks, associate professor of radiology, in the May issue of the journal Stroke. The study showed a marked decrease in the annual rate of TIAs over a three-year period for 90 percent of 23 patients studied. |
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