immunotherapy Related News
The function of immune cells in combating cancer
The incidence of cancer has dramatically increased over the last 50 years as a result of prolonged life expectancy and the Western lifestyle. Recent...
The timing of immunotherapy
The Departments of Surgery and Molecular Cell Biology & Immunology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, explore how immunotherapy can be used to fight against...
Further targeted use of immunotherapy has been discovered
Innovations in immunotherapy are continuing, as researchers have discovered a new method for predicting the likelihood of the treatment’s success.
Immunotherapy, the method in which...
First of its kind AST-VAC2 vaccine gets tested to treat lung cancer
In a collaboration agreement between Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and Asterias, a first of its kind vaccine, AST-VAC2, has entered into a phase I...
How colon cancer mutates to avoid the immune system
Colon cancer genes have been found to alter during development of the disease in order to remain undetected by the immune system, according to...
New approach to immunotherapy treats unresponsive breast cancer
A new approach to immunotherapy developed by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has resulted in a positive response in a once unresponsive...
Jean-Charles Soria receives cancer drug development award
Professor Jean-Charles Soria has been awarded the TAT 2018 Honorary Award for cancer drug development across molecular targeted agents, precision medicine and immunotherapy.
In the...
Expanding access
Following the launch of the second Lung Cancer Europe Report, the organisation’s president, Stefania Vallone, spoke to PEN about the disparities that remain in...
