Several types of immunotherapy for glioblastoma are in late - stage clinical trials.
Not exact matches
In the most recent
of these reports (in the latest issue
of Science), Dr. Jennifer Wargo, a surgeon and research scientist at M.D. Anderson, along with
several dozen colleagues at other institutions, reveal that the composition
of a patient's gut microbiota can significantly influence whether he or she responds to an immune checkpoint inhibitor — the
type of cancer
immunotherapy that releases the emergency brakes in the car analogy above.
Asterias maintains an extensive global intellectual property portfolio including broad issued claims to fundamental platform technologies including, but not limited to, scalable growth
of pluripotent stem cells, methods
of production and compositions
of matter for
several hESC - derived therapeutic cell
types, and cellular
immunotherapy using the telomerase antigen.
Several different
types of immunotherapy are currently being explored for the treatment
of leukemia.
In addition to bevacizumab (Avastin ®) a targeted antibody that is already approved for cervical cancer patients, there are
several other
types of immunotherapies that are being evaluated for cervical cancer, including some in combination.