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VIDEO: CAR-T Cell Therapies for CLL: How are the various techniques different?
November 13, 2015 (ImedexCME)
ImedexCME thorough video on the differences in CAR-T techniques.
Nanovaccine shows potential as immunotherapy for cancer
April 25, 2017 (Medical News Today)
The researchers call their approach "minimalist nanovaccine." It is a simple mixture of the tumor antigen (molecules that uniquely...
Next Seven Great Achievements in Pediatric Research Predicted
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...
CAR T-Cell Therapy Is Safe, Effective in Lymphoma
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).
Ovarian cancer: Effective immunotherapy steps closer with new T cell study
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.
Kite’s CAR-T cancer therapy shows strong results as company races to win FDA approval
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.
Advances in Cancer Immunology and Cancer Immunotherapy
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.
VIDEO: Immune Cell Engineering: Targeted Therapy of Cancer with Modified T Cells
July 6, 2011 (Memorial Sloan Kettering)
Video from Memorial Sloan Kettering on how targeted therapy works.