Not exact matches
Although Coley couldn't explain precisely why or how his toxins worked, modern
immunotherapy treatments help T - cells in the immune system to recognize
specific cancer cells and attack them.
Professor David Wraith, who led the research, said: «Insight into the molecular basis of antigen -
specific immunotherapy opens up exciting new opportunities to enhance the selectivity of the approach while providing valuable markers with which to measure effective
treatment.
It's hoped this latest insight will lead to the widespread use of antigen -
specific immunotherapy as a
treatment for many autoimmune disorders, including multiple sclerosis (MS), type 1 diabetes, Graves» disease and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
New
treatments designed to direct the immune system against
specific cancer cells — called
immunotherapy — are also under study.
While mutational burden has important implications for
treatment with
immunotherapy, the presence of
specific driver mutations is also of major therapeutic relevance (Table 3).
Appalachian Animal Clinic takes their
treatment options one step further by offering allergen
specific immunotherapy.
Your veterinarian will be able to give you
specific instructions on how to best treat the symptoms until you are able to eliminate the particular allergen from the environment or until
immunotherapy treatments begin working.
MVS offers advanced diagnostics and
treatments such as intradermal (skin) allergy testing and formulation of allergen
specific immunotherapy.
It may be necessary to reduce a dogs sensitivity to
specific allergens which is the
treatment goal of
immunotherapy.
Treatment could include allergy shots to desensitize your cat to the problem (allergen
specific immunotherapy), and the use of medications such as cyclosporin, glucocorticoids, antihistamines.
Specialized diagnostic and
treatment services include: intradermal allergy testing and allergen -
specific immunotherapy, biopsy and dermatohistopathology, video otoscopy, myringotomy, and deep ear canal cleaning to name a few.
Allergen -
specific Immunotherapy is the only allergy
treatment that treats the cause of allergy, rather than merely manages the symptoms.
For severe cases of atopic dermatitis that don't respond well to
treatment, allergy injections, (called hyposensitization or allergen -
specific immunotherapy) are another — albeit more expensive — option.