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Aligned Blog: Breaking Silence: Mental Health in the Latino/a/x Communities

July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to highlight mental health issues in diverse communities and promote equitable access to care. Crystal Rivera, Conference and Meeting Planner in the Office of Research Operations & Planning, shares her journey as a second-generation American and discusses the cultural stigma in Latino/a/x communities that often hinders individuals from seeking mental health support.

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New immunotherapy approach shows potential in some people with metastatic solid tumors, NIH researchers say

Early findings from a small clinical trial provide evidence that a new cellular immunotherapy approach may be effective in treating metastatic colorectal cancer. In the trial, researchers led by Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D., Chief of the Surgery Branch, genetically engineered lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) from each patient to produce receptors that recognize and attack their specific cancer cells. The personalized immunotherapy shrank tumors in several patients and was able to keep the tumors from regrowing for up to 7 months.

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