April 21, 2017 (HealthDay News) Achievements include more pediatric immunizations, cancer immunotherapy, genomic discoveries The next seven great achievements in pediatric research are presented in an article published online April …
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Genetic Drivers of Cancerous Tumor Growth All cancers have a genetic basis and can occur sporadically or be inherited. The three main cancer-causing genes (oncogenes) that contribute to cancer formation …
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A Tumor: Defined When you hear the word tumor, you automatically think of cancer. But what really is a tumor? A tumor, or neoplasm, is a mass of abnormal tissue …
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Based on early clinical trial data, chimeric antigen receptor therapy (CAR-T) has been most successful in which population? A. Children with acute lymphocytic leukemia B. Adults with chronic myeloid leukemia …
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February 10, 2017 (CURE e-magazine)
Genetically engineering immune cells to treat cancers took another step forward after promising results from the phase 1 trial of Axicabtagene ciloleucel (KTE-C19), a CAR T-cell therapy for patients with refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
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April 5, 2017 (Medical News Today)
There has been slow progress in immunotherapy for solid cancers. However, a recent study using adoptive T cell transfer, had some success on ovarian cancer. In this mouse study, the engineered T cells significantly increased survival rates.
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February 28, 2017 (STAT)
Kite Pharma is racing to win approval of their CAR-T cancer therapy. They have posted strong results with their new drug, stating that more than one-third of lymphoma patients are in remission six months after one treatment.
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February 26, 2016 (Discovery Medicine)
Cancer is an ever-changing tissue that uses different strategies to grow and expand. One of these strategies is avoiding immunity.
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July 6, 2011 (Memorial Sloan Kettering) Video from Memorial Sloan Kettering on how targeted therapy works.
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