Posts Tagged ‘immunotherapy’
Study shows why a common form of immunotherapy fails, and suggests solution
New research has uncovered a mechanism thought to explain why some cancers don’t respond to a widely used form of immunotherapy …
Read Full ArticleAI reveals new breast cancer types that respond differently to treatment
Scientists have used artificial intelligence to recognize patterns in breast cancer – and uncovered five new types of the disease each matched to different personalized treatments. …
Read Full ArticleFavorable five-year survival reported for patients with advanced cancer treated with the immunotherapy
Favorable five-year survival rates reported from the first multidose clinical trial of the immunotherapy drug nivolumab (anti-PD-1) as a treatment for advanced cancer. …
Read Full ArticleImmune therapy takes a ‘BiTE’ out of brain cancer
Investigators have created a new method that could make immune therapy more effective against brain tumors and expand its use against other types of solid tumors. …
Read Full ArticleDiscovery shows how difficult-to-treat prostate cancer evades immune system
Study reports pre-clinical development of novel treatment and potential for combination use with immunotherapy drugs. …
Read Full ArticleNew research identifies gene that hides cancer cells from immunotherapy
New findings show that expression of an early developmental gene prevents the immune system from identifying and attacking cancer cells. …
Read Full ArticleNatural antioxidant helps improve immune-based therapies by modulating T-cells
Researchers have discovered a way to improve immune-based treatments by modulating T-cells with thioredoxin, …
Read Full ArticleStrain of common cold virus could revolutionize treatment of bladder cancer
A strain of the common cold virus has been found to potentially target, infect and destroy cancer cells in patients with bladder cancer, …
Read Full ArticleImmune-boosting compound makes immunotherapy effective against pancreatic cancer
Researchers have found a chemical compound that in mouse models promotes a vigorous immune assault against deadly pancreatic cancer. …
Read Full ArticleChemotherapy drug found to spur immune system attack on lymphoma
Researchers demonstrate that large doses of cyclophosphamide not only kill cancer cells directly, as has been known, but also spur an immune system attack on the cells. …
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