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What causes mucus strands in the eyes?

What causes mucus strands in the eyes?

When strands of mucus continually develop and a person keeps removing them from their eye, this is known as mucus fishing syndrome. The name refers to the way a person “fishes” these strands from their eye. Mucus can appear in the eye for many reasons, such as irritation and infection. Sometimes, when a person pulls […]

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Colorectal cancer: Treatment looks set for human clinical trials

Colorectal cancer: Treatment looks set for human clinical trials

A treatment type that uses patients’ own immune cells to attack cancer looks ready for testing in human clinical trials of advanced colorectal cancer. The immunotherapy is almost ready for testing in human participants. In a study paper published in the journal Cancer Immunology Research, researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA, report how […]