Sentences with phrase «for tumor rejection»

The symposium features presentations by Philippa Marrack and John Kappler talking on the T cell repertoire; William Paul on interleukin 4 as a prototypic immunoregulatory cytokine; Timothy Springer on lymphocyte trafficking; Pamela Bjorkman on structural studies of MHC and MHC - related proteins, and Jack Strominger on peptide presentation by class I and II MHC proteins; Thierry Boon on genes coding for tumor rejection antigens, including the first tumor antigen, MAGE - 1; and Philip Greenberg on the modification of T cells for adoptive therapy by retroviral - mediated gene insertion Since then, the symposia series has attracted leading immunologists in the cancer vaccine and antibody fields, providing them with a comprehensive view of the promises and challenges in the development of cancer immunotherapies.

Dr. Sharma is a trained medical oncologist and immunologist whose research work is focused on investigating mechanisms and pathways within the immune system that are responsible for tumor rejection and clinical benefit.

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These tumor - rejection antigens may provide a basis for precisely targeted anticancer therapy

Moreover, knock in animal models for syngeneic studies and allowing us to isolate transgenic armed effector cells are developed in order to show proof of concept for the diverse applicability of our modular targeting systems including for tumor diseases, autoimmune diseases, GvHD, transplantation / rejection as well as viral infections.

The reasons for rejection are many, but can include pest infestation, disease, cancerous tumors, mould, infection and a host of other highly unsavory conditions.