Sentences with phrase «specific immune responses to cancer»

Our AST - VAC immunotherapy programs employ three common elements of dendritic cells, telomerase antigen, and the LAMP signal sequence to stimulate robust and specific immune responses to cancer cells (Figure 1).

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Dr. Gnjatic's research focuses on human antigen - specific immune responses to tumor antigens, in an attempt to define new targets for the development of cancer immunotherapies, assess the efficacy of these immunotherapies, and learn why they may fail.

One of the immunotherapeutic approaches that has been explored thus far relies on the use of monoclonal antibodies that specifically target a protein present on the surface of prostate cancer cells called prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) to elicit an anti-tumor immune response and control the cancer.

However, despite this success, the use of immunotherapy remains limited by the scarcity of tumor - specific antigens — substances that can trigger an immune system response to a particular type of cancer.

A personal cancer treatment vaccine that targets distinctive «neoantigens» on tumor cells has been shown to stimulate a potent, safe, and highly specific immune anti-tumor response in melanoma patients, report scientists from Dana - Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Hacancer treatment vaccine that targets distinctive «neoantigens» on tumor cells has been shown to stimulate a potent, safe, and highly specific immune anti-tumor response in melanoma patients, report scientists from Dana - Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and HaCancer Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

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

Researchers are studying how to use tumour - specific neoantigens in vaccines to help the body mount an immune response targeted at the cancer.

Cancer vaccines are designed to stimulate an immune response against tumor - specific or tumor - associated antigens, encouraging the immune system to attack cancer cells bearing these antCancer vaccines are designed to stimulate an immune response against tumor - specific or tumor - associated antigens, encouraging the immune system to attack cancer cells bearing these antcancer cells bearing these antigens.

Therapeutic vaccines are designed to elicit an immune response against tumor - specific or tumor - associated antigens, encouraging the immune system to attack cancer cells bearing these antigens.

Therapeutic cancer vaccines are designed to elicit an immune response against tumor - specific or tumor - associated antigens, encouraging the immune system to attack cancer cells bearing these antigens.

Cancer vaccines are designed to elicit an immune response against tumor - specific or tumor - associated antigens.

Over the past few years, they have extended their research to understand how products of cellular necrosis and the innate immune responses they induce affect the tumor microenvironment, with a specific focus on ovarian cancer.