One form of immunotherapy called checkpoint blockade is especially promising. (sciencedaily.com)
In a paper posted online by the journal Science, researchers at the Dana - Farber / Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center report that, in mice with chronic viral infection, exhausted T cells are controlled by a fundamentally different set of molecular circuits than T cells effectively battling infections or cancer — a finding that suggests a way to increase the staying power of CAR T cells, a promising form of immunotherapy for cancer. (sciencedaily.com)
While talking about neoantigen vaccines, researchers also refer to checkpoint inhibitors: another emerging form of immunotherapy that positively stimulates the immune system in cancer patients. (cnbc.com)