Sentences with phrase «attack against the cancer cell»

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On its own, this immune response had no immediate effect in the fight against the utilized breast tumors, but in combination with the ADC it proved itself effective in attacking cancer cells in mice, resulting in the complete cure of the majority of mice receiving the combination therapy.

Immunotherapy is an emerging field in the global fight against cancer, even though scientists and clinicians have been working for decades to find ways to help the body's immune system detect and attack cancerous cells.

Whether investigating fat cells, immunotherapy or use of the CRISPR - Cas 9 gene - editing tool, which a federal panel recently approved for a select number of patients suffering from three types of cancers, including multiple myeloma, approaches beyond attacking cancer cells are needed in the fight against many cancers.

One promising strategy in the fight against cancer is to use the body's own immune system to remove tumor cells, but due to a phenomenon called immune tolerance, the immune system has a difficult time identifying which cells to attack.

Immunity is key to long - term responses Knowing that the immune system is capable of recognizing distinctive features of cancer cells and launching a T cell attack against those tumor antigens, and that checkpoint blockade removes a roadblock to that attack, it's logical that these drugs should work against many tumor types.

Cancer vaccines are designed to stimulate an immune response against tumor - specific or tumor - associated antigens, encouraging the immune system to attack cancer cells bearing these antCancer vaccines are designed to stimulate an immune response against tumor - specific or tumor - associated antigens, encouraging the immune system to attack cancer cells bearing these antcancer cells bearing these antigens.

Another approach, still early in clinical development, uses antibodies to vaccinate patients against their own tumours, pushing their immune system to attack the cancer cells.

Therapeutic vaccines are designed to elicit an immune response against tumor - specific or tumor - associated antigens, encouraging the immune system to attack cancer cells bearing these antigens.

Therapeutic cancer vaccines are designed to elicit an immune response against tumor - specific or tumor - associated antigens, encouraging the immune system to attack cancer cells bearing these antigens.

He is the principal investigator of an NCI - funded, multi-million-dollar Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in ovarian cancer, and he is the principal investigator of a multi-million-dollar grant from the New York State Stem Cell Science program (NYSTEM) to pioneer a novel strategy of reprogramming human mature T cells and hematopoietic stem cells for generating sustained attack against ovarian cancer in patients.

They can attack cancer cells directly, or they can be used to trigger an immune response against the tumor (so - called cancer immunotherapy).

A novel approach to cancer immunotherapy — strategies designed to induce the immune system to attack cancer cells — may provide a new and cost - effective weapon against some of the most deadly tumors, including ovarian cancer and mesothelioma.

Tactiva's lead platform is a unique approach to adoptive cell transfer (ACT), a form of immunotherapy in which a patient's own immune cells are drawn from blood, genetically engineered, multiplied and injected back into the patient in order to launch a powerful attack against cancer.