She translates the most promising
immunotherapy strategies for breast cancer to the clinic, and is now extending these strategies to ovarian cancer.
The researchers are developing a potential new
immunotherapy strategy for melanoma based on their insights into Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Type 1, a rare, inherited disorder in which T - cells attack healthy cells and tissues.
Not exact matches
«Discovery opens door to new
strategy for cancer
immunotherapy.»
In addition to formulating diagnostic
strategies for cancer
immunotherapy agents, her team is focused on developing a deep understanding of tumor immune biology as well as mechanisms associated with immune response and immune escape in cancer patients, with the intent of generating rational
strategies for the creation of combination therapies.
«Our research sheds light on the mechanism of this impairment, pointing us in the direction of new
strategies for improving the response to
immunotherapy.»
Combining their
strategy with an existing
immunotherapy treatment that works by releasing the «brakes» on immune cells, they found they could shrink melanoma tumors, and prolong survival in preclinical models
for melanoma.
Traditional treatments are invasive and can impair the quality of life of patients, underscoring the need
for alternative therapeutic
strategies, including
immunotherapy.
Immunotherapy is a promising
strategy for the treatment of Alzheimer's that uses antibodies to stimulate the immune system to remove pieces of a protein called amyloid beta which accumulates in the brain (in deposits known as plaques) and is thought to be a major factor driving Alzheimer's neurodegenerative effects.
CRI provides a pilot grant to Jean - Pierre Mach
for preclinical studies to test a new cancer
immunotherapy strategy using anti-tumor antibody fragments conjugated to antigenic MHC / peptide complexes.
Through two separate grants, Dr. Bhardwaj is exploring two
strategies to make
immunotherapy even more effective
for patients.
We have identified a major pathway by which these kinds of cells try to disable immune cells, and formulated a
strategy for exploiting that weakness,» says the study's principal investigator, Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FACOG, Deputy Director and Chair of Gynecology at Roswell Park, and Executive Director of its Center
for Immunotherapy.
Scientists come up with a simpler, more efficient
strategy for making multivirus - targeting T cells
for immunotherapy.
We are developing cutting - edge discovery platforms and product
strategies for effective cancer
immunotherapies that we believe take into consideration the limitations of other approaches, as well as leveraging different mechanisms of action to address the risk of reliance on a single approach.
Their work encompasses several
strategies, including: developing FL - HCC animal models to characterize tumor - immune interactions, exploring if a mutated protein associated with FL - HCC could be targeted by
immunotherapy, identifying immune checkpoints that could potentially serve as targets
for immunotherapy as well as biomarkers
for analyzing patients, and evaluating the effectiveness of
immunotherapy strategies against FL - HCC patient samples in the lab.
This has led to a successful
strategy for cancer
immunotherapy: block the pathways that tumors use to turn off the immune response.
The intent of the effort is to build off the identified immunologic factors that may be modulated to improve
immunotherapy for CRC patients, with the goal that the biomarkers and treatment
strategies identified in the manuscript will become part of the routine management of colorectal cancer (CRC).
Additionally, this team hopes to identify features that drive patient responses to
immunotherapy and gain insight into additional
strategies for converting
immunotherapy resistant tumors into tumors that respond to treatment.
Promising
strategy for advanced melanoma: intralesional therapies plus systemic
immunotherapies.
Immunotherapy's time is now, and he is excited to be working at the forefront of
strategies that could make the approach a treatment option
for any patient in need.