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Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy: is a type of cancer treatment the helps the immune system to fight cancer. The immune system helps your body fight infections and other diseases. It uses substances made by the body or in a laboratory in order to improve or restore the body's immune system function.
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SEP 11, 2015Cancer
The global market value for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) treatment will rise from $6.9 billion in 2014 to $10.9 bi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 10, 2015Immunology
Allergic reactions occur when the immune system overreacts to an environmental protein that's not threatening the bo ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 06, 2015Cancer
Immunotherapy is powerful, and British researchers have found a way to make it even more so. By giving cancer patients a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 02, 2015Cancer
Experts speaking at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2015 Conference and publishing in the New England ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 28, 2015Immunology
A phase III clinical trial has demonstrated the therapeutic benefit of the oncolytic virus Talimogene Laherparepvec (T-V ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 22, 2015Cancer
One of the main sessions at this year's Experimental Biology Conference in Boston was the Tang Prize Award lecture. It w ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Cancer
The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it often fails to el ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Neuroscience
DNA mutations can cause cancer but in some cases, more mutations may mean a better prognosis for patients. A Yale-led co ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 06, 2015Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 03, 2015Cancer
Cancer treatments that harness the body's immune system to wipe out tumors have begun paying off for some patients for w ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 30, 2015Cancer
Nearly 50 years after the "war on cancer" was declared in the United States, precision medicine presages an era of incre ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 18, 2015Cancer
In the late 1800s, a New York surgeon named William Coley noticed that some patients with cancer seemed to fare better i ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 16, 2015Cancer
In the late 1800s, a New York surgeon named William Coley noticed that some patients with cancer seemed to fare better i ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Cancer
Can a tetanus shot help treat brain cancer? A small study hints that it might.
A dose of tetanus vaccine let ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 06, 2015Cancer
A provocative study in mice suggests something as simple as breathing in extra oxygen might give immune cells a boost in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Genetically engineered T memory stem cells (Tscm) can last more than 12 years in patients' bodies, and can continually g ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 26, 2015Cancer
A study published in Science Translational Medicine showed that immune cells engineered to seek out and attack a type of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 03, 2015Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 221,000 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015. Positi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 09, 2015Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 29, 2014Cancer
Penn Medicine and The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia were awarded a $12.1 million Specialized Programs of Research Exc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 18, 2014Neuroscience
Using powerful, newly developed cell culture and mouse models of sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD), a team of researcher ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 10, 2014Cardiology
Advances in the understanding of the genetics of coronary artery disease, or CAD, will revitalize the field and lead to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 28, 2013Videos
The concept of 'teaching' the immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells is over a century old, but the ...Written By: Jennifer Ellis
SEP 11, 2015
Cancer
The global market value for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) treatment will rise from $6.9 billion in 2014 to $10.9 bi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 10, 2015
Immunology
Allergic reactions occur when the immune system overreacts to an environmental protein that's not threatening the bo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 06, 2015
Cancer
Immunotherapy is powerful, and British researchers have found a way to make it even more so. By giving cancer patients a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 02, 2015
Cancer
Experts speaking at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2015 Conference and publishing in the New England
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 28, 2015
Immunology
A phase III clinical trial has demonstrated the therapeutic benefit of the oncolytic virus Talimogene Laherparepvec (T-V
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 22, 2015
Cancer
One of the main sessions at this year's Experimental Biology Conference in Boston was the Tang Prize Award lecture. It w
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 15, 2015
Cancer
The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it often fails to el
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 07, 2015
Neuroscience
DNA mutations can cause cancer but in some cases, more mutations may mean a better prognosis for patients. A Yale-led co
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 06, 2015
Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 03, 2015
Cancer
Cancer treatments that harness the body's immune system to wipe out tumors have begun paying off for some patients for w
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 30, 2015
Cancer
Nearly 50 years after the "war on cancer" was declared in the United States, precision medicine presages an era of incre
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 18, 2015
Cancer
In the late 1800s, a New York surgeon named William Coley noticed that some patients with cancer seemed to fare better i
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Cancer
In the late 1800s, a New York surgeon named William Coley noticed that some patients with cancer seemed to fare better i
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Cancer
Can a tetanus shot help treat brain cancer? A small study hints that it might.
A dose of tetanus vaccine let ...
A dose of tetanus vaccine let ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 06, 2015
Cancer
A provocative study in mice suggests something as simple as breathing in extra oxygen might give immune cells a boost in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Genetically engineered T memory stem cells (Tscm) can last more than 12 years in patients' bodies, and can continually g
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 26, 2015
Cancer
A study published in Science Translational Medicine showed that immune cells engineered to seek out and attack a type of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 03, 2015
Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 221,000 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015. Positi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 09, 2015
Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 29, 2014
Cancer
Penn Medicine and The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia were awarded a $12.1 million Specialized Programs of Research Exc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 18, 2014
Neuroscience
Using powerful, newly developed cell culture and mouse models of sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD), a team of researcher
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 10, 2014
Cardiology
Advances in the understanding of the genetics of coronary artery disease, or CAD, will revitalize the field and lead to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 28, 2013
Videos
The concept of 'teaching' the immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells is over a century old, but the
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis