By investigating non-antibiotic-disrupted microbiomes, MD Anderson Cancer Center researchers developed a machine-learning algorithm that can predict long-term response to CAR T therapy using microbiome-based biomarkers. The study was published in Nature Medicine.
Two years ago, Dan Theodorescu made a discovery that could alter biology textbooks: The Y chromosome, widely considered to be a “functional wasteland,” has functions beyond sex determination—and in fact plays a role in cancer biology.
