Stem cell-based vaccine offers a new approach that may protect against pancreatic cancer

New research by Joseph Wu, Edgar Engelman, and colleagues at Stanford University, U.S., has advanced an old concept to develop a new strategy to train the immune system of mice to recognize cancer cells. This work is based on the recent understanding that induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which are stem cells generated from skin …

Fast food restaurants’ voluntary healthy meal options for children unlikely to result in more nutritious food purchases

Despite voluntary restaurant policies to improve the nutrition of some items included in fast-food kids’ meals, purchases of kids’ meals and selection of healthier kids’ meal drinks did not increase following policy introductions, according to a new study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut.