"Effective immunotherapy" refers to a type of treatment that boosts the body's natural defense system, the immune system, to fight against diseases such as cancer. It helps the immune system become more powerful or better-targeted so that it can recognize and destroy harmful cells or substances.
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Dr. Freeman's laboratory focuses on the identification and function of T cell costimulatory and coinhibitory pathways in regulating T cell activation and application of this knowledge to the development of more
effective immunotherapies for cancer, infections, asthma, and autoimmune diseases.
Plenary speakers active in the fields of cancer biology, immunology, and cancer immunotherapy will present on an array of topics, including: new mechanistic perspectives from basic and preclinical research, results from early phase clinical trials of combination therapies, the durability of treatment responses to CAR - T cell therapies, and managing the known toxicity of
effective immunotherapies in clinical trials.
Ferrari, considered one of the founders of nanomedicine and transport oncophysics (the physics of mass transport within a cancer lesion), says researchers and clinicians need to understand the limitations of transport mechanisms to identify
effective immunotherapy treatments for patients.
«Our results argue that blocking the partnership between Tregs and dendritic cells might be needed to
achieve effective immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer,» says lead author Dafna Bar - Sagi, PhD, vice dean for science and chief scientific officer at NYU Langone.
Dissecting the molecular details of these interactions will aid in identifying cancer - derived intrinsic factors that can be exploited to be
develop effective immunotherapy regimens.
Building on the advancements made in other solid tumors, as well as a better understanding of cancer immunology, provides hope for the development of novel and
effective immunotherapies in the treatment of sarcoma.
Why are vaccines against cancer
an effective immunotherapy for a few individuals but not for most cancer patients.
In the last decade, considerable efforts have gone into development of
an effective immunotherapy for treatment of melanoma.