Sentences with phrase «directed against cancer»
Their persistent work to establish successful propagation techniques for dendritic cells also holds great promise for the advancement of a powerful immunotherapy (wherein a patient's own immune system is directed against cancer cells).
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Because of the urgent needs of a large number of cancer patients, most of these gene therapy trials are directed against cancer.
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As the criminal complaint against Silver alleges, he used his authority to disburse HCRA grants to enrich himself, directing hundreds of thousands of dollars to renowned Columbia University physician Dr. Robert Taub for the completion of a center to study mesothelioma, a rare cancer that can be caused by asbestos exposure, in exchange for Taub's agreement to direct clients with cancer to Silver's law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, which specializes in lucrative asbestos lawsuits.
Just as the so - called AIDS «cocktail» directs multiple agents against multiple targets, so too might future anti-cancer cocktails be directed at multiple, highly specific targets in known cancer pathways.
*** It is directed against the 5T4 / WAIF1 tumour antigen, a protein found on many different solid tumours and is thought to contribute to the spread of cancer cells.
New treatments designed to direct the immune system against specific cancer cells — called immunotherapy — are also under study.
This may be the first time a therapy has been directed against the disorganized nature of cancer cells.»
Direct application of Acai berries onto the leukemia cancer cells kills up to 86 % of them, so it is safe to say that Acai berries are a fighting agent against cancer.
A pilot study demonstrated this combination elicited a powerful, targeted immune response directed against osteosarcoma cells in patients suffering from this type of cancer.
Calling the Affordable Care Act «the greatest advance in women's health in a generation,» Planned Parenthood said the law will provide access to birth control and cancer screenings without co-pays, guaranteed direct access to OB / GYN providers without referrals, and an end to discriminatory practices against women, such as charging women higher premiums and denying coverage for «pre-existing conditions.»