New research builds on Nobel-winning immune checkpoint blockade work Immunotherapy’s promise in the fight against cancer drew international attention after
Category: Immunotherapy
Two-Pronged Approach
Pairing a novel personalized cancer vaccine with an established immunotherapy drug administered to patients in a new way, Harvard Medical
Link between gut and type 1 diabetes
Scientists have found that targeting micro-organisms in the gut, known as microbiota, could have the potential to prevent type 1
Treating aggressive colon tumor with immunotherapy
Immunotherapy against cancer cells has become a powerful approach to treat cancers such as melanoma and lung cancer. However, to
Roles of bacteria in colon cancer
Patients with an inherited form of colon cancer harbor two bacterial species that lead to development of the disease, and
Therapeutic for pancreatic cancer
In most pancreatic cancer patients, the diagnosis occurs when the disease is already advanced, and currently, there is no effective
Reovirus could treat brain tumours
A virus injected directly into the bloodstream could be used to treat people with aggressive brain tumours, Scientists have found
Gene therapy can destroy HIV infected cells
Through gene therapy, researchers engineered blood-forming stem cells (hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, or HSPCs) to carry chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) genes
DNA sensor and cancer immunotherapy
Tumors stressed by cancer immunotherapy release their mitochondrial DNA into the closer immune cells, causing a host alert system. The
Pioneering test can predict future of breast cancer
A pioneering test could be used to predict whether breast cancer will return. Patients with clustered immune cells, called hotspot
