Bone metastases are devastating developments of cancers that originate in other organs. In the case of metastatic prostate cancer, bone metastases represent an incurable, painful, and often deadly development, killing more than 30,000 American men every year. Unlike many other tumor types, metastatic prostate cancer responds poorly to immune-based therapies, but a new study published in Cancer Cell and originating in part from Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) labs, has uncovered a key mechanism for why such therapies fail to work, potentially leading the way to a breakthrough in the treatment of this devastating disease.... Read more about A new study illuminates the therapy resistance of metastatic prostate cancer

HSCI co-director David Scadden is part of a multi-institutional, cross-disciplinary team that has been awarded a $14.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The team is using gene and cell therapy approaches to develop a potential cure for HIV.

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