Cancer Research Archives - Department of Cell Biology and Physiology

A microscope image showing the overlap of hypoxia shown in yellow and a cell stress marker shown in red in the tumor microenvironment

Cells get stressed too and when they do, cancer therapies fail. A UNC researcher may be on the cusp of finding a solution to T cell exhaustion. When the immune system experiences prolonged cell stress, immunotherapy fails. Immunotherapy uses the body’s own immune cells, such as T cells or B cells, to attack and destroy …

CBP graduate student, Kimberly Lukasik, received a National Cancer Institute F99/K00 predoctoral to postdoctoral fellow transition award. Kimberly Lukasik, a graduate student in Stephanie Gupton’s laboratory is the first student from the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology to win a F99/K00 award from the National Cancer Institute. The award supports outstanding doctoral candidates and …

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Alleviating immune cell stress and maximizing immunotherapy success

Paving a path in cancer research for CBP graduate students