Sentences with phrase «immune response against cancer»

We now have new tools to increase immune response against cancer and infections.

«We're able to shuttle millions of cells through this device, generating a very potent immune response against the cancer cells,» Mooney says.

Toll - like receptors are a family of proteins that help generate immune responses against cancer and other pathogens.

While other immunotherapies, such as checkpoint inhibitor drugs, also trigger immune responses against cancer neoantigens, they are not designed to be specific.

Cancer vaccines, engineered to continue to train T cells to mount a strong immune response against your cancer, also haven't been very effective at mounting a strong fight, says He, and likely one weak point is the lack of strong receptors.

Oncolytic virus therapy uses a modified virus that can cause tumor cells to self - destruct and generate a greater immune response against the cancer.

Dr. Khleif's research interest is in identifying new and improved strategies to enhance specific immune response against cancer for preventive and therapeutic intent.

In different contexts, viruses appear capable of attacking tumors in a number of different ways — by directly infecting them, by releasing tumor proteins that trigger a broad immune response against the cancer, and by damaging the blood supply tumors need to survive.

Her current work continues to focus on characterizing the mechanisms that enable immune responses against cancer.

Yervoy is designed to «take the brakes off» the immune system, enabling a more powerful immune response against cancer.

For patients, down the road Dr. Ohashi envisions a new era of combined therapies to simultaneously target and kill these suppressive cells while augmenting the immune response against cancer.

The results from the Moffitt study suggest that TIM -3-targeting drugs may effectively launch an immune response against cancer cells, particularly when combined with paclitaxel in breast cancer patients.

Obesity is associated with increased inflammation, which could improve the effectiveness of checkpoint blockade drugs that unleash an immune response against cancer.

Experts from the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences are expanding evidence that shows targeted radiation stimulates an immune response against cancer.

The light activates drugs in the tumor, causing an immune response against the cancer.