{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":300,"width":600,"title":"The Tumour Microenvironment Revolution * \ud83c\udfaf Spatial Ecotypes, Liquid Biopsies &amp; Immunotherapy \ud83d\ude80","description":"\ud83e\uddec Tumours are not just masses of cells\u2014they are organized ecosystems. &amp;nbsp; A remarkable Nature study by Zhang et al. mapped &amp;gt;10 million spatial transcriptomes across cancers and identified 9 conserved \u201cspatial ecotypes\u201d within the tumour microenvironment. Even more striking: these ecotypes could be detected non-invasively from plasma cell-free DNA using deep learning. &amp;nbsp; Higher SE7\/SE8 predicted better immunotherapy outcomes, while SE4 forecast resistance and poorer survival. A powerful step toward blood-based spatial oncology and precision immunotherapy. \ud83d\ude80\ud83e\ude78\ud83d\udd2c &amp;nbsp; Zhang W, Brown EL, Usmani A, et al. Nature. 2026. doi:10.1038\/s41586-026-10452-4 ","author_name":"Dr. RR Baliga's 'Podkast for the Kurious Doc'. Where Curiosity meets Clarity!","author_url":"http:\/\/www.MasterMedFacts.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41197900\/height\/300\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"300\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/201659355"}