Immune 105: Tumor bacteria undermine immunotherapy

Immune discusses a snippet on how EBV infection alters the immunopeptidome and promotes multiple sclerosis, and a paper on head and neck cancers harboring bacteria that create an immunosuppressive environment and promote immunotherapy resistance.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, Stephanie Langel, and Brianne Barker

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• EBV, Golli-MBP presentation and multiple sclerosis (Cell, 2026)
• Intratumoral bacteria promote resistance to cancer immunotherapy (Nat Cancer, 2026)
• Time stamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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