Purpose: The development of the UNC Immuno - Oncology Patient Centered Translational Research (IMPACT) Biorepository involves the collection of tumor tissue and blood, as well as data (e.g., demographic, clinical, questionnaire) from patients attending Oncology Clinics at UNC Hospital and
undergoing immune therapy through participation in a Merck IT trial at UNC.
Not exact matches
Patients
undergoing this viral
therapy typically experience mild flulike symptoms, owing to
immune response to the virus, Kirn said, but the company has reported no other side effects.
Some people, for example,
undergo an intensive treatment called
immune tolerance induction
therapy, which involves regular intravenous administration of coagulation factors.
Results from a clinical trial investigating a new T cell receptor (TCR)
therapy that uses a person's own
immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells demonstrated a clinical response in 80 percent of multiple myeloma patients with advanced disease after
undergoing autologous stem cell transplants (ASCT).
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common disease - causing bacterium that typically infects people with weakened
immune systems, for example, people with cystic fibrosis or those
undergoing cancer
therapy.
PHILADELPHIA --(April 18, 2018)-- An international team focused on HIV cure research spearheaded by The Wistar Institute in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania and Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) in Barcelona, Spain, established that the CD32 molecule is not a preferential biomarker to identify HIV silent reservoirs within the
immune system of patients
undergoing antiretroviral
therapy (ART), as proposed by a recent landmark study.
Protein - replacement
therapy using mRNA offers a theoretically attractive alternative because mRNA is relatively easy and inexpensive to produce, and seems less likely to cause side effects or induce a problematic
immune reaction because the proteins are made in a person's own body, and
undergo the desired modifications, according to Verma.
Furthermore, people who have compromised
immune systems (such as cancer or HIV / AIDS) and
undergoing long - term, extensive medical
therapies aren't allowed to use this product for safety purposes.