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CAR T Cell Immunotherapy And The Quiet Hope For A Universal Cancer Treatment

All of us have to deal with the looming threat of developing cancer during our lifetime, no matter how good our genetics are, or how healthy our lifestyle is. Despite major improvements to the way …

Kenny Chaffin

September 19, 2022 11:10am

Lupus Patients Go Into Remission in 'Spectacular' Immunotherapy Trial

https://www.sciencealert.com/lupus-patients-go-into-remission-in-spectacular-immunotherapy-trial

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Lupus Patients Go Into Remission in 'Spectacular' Immunotherapy Trial

Five seriously ill lupus patients have seen their disease driven into remission after a single infusion of modified immune cells, in a small trial that borrows from cancer therapy to harness patients' own cells to treat the autoimmune condition.

Garry Knight

June 19, 2022 6:02pm

Scientists harness light therapy to target and kill cancer cells in world first | Cancer | The Guardian

Scientists have successfully developed a revolutionary cancer treatment that lights up and wipes out microscopic cancer cells, in a breakthrough that could enable surgeons to more effectively target and destroy the disease in patients.
A European team of engineers, physicists, neurosurgeons, biologists and immunologists from the UK, Poland and Sweden joined forces to design the new form of photoimmunotherapy.
Experts believe it is destined to become the world’s fifth major cancer treatment after surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy.

Mice must be the healthiest animals on the planet by now.

#science #medicine #health #cancer #immunotherapy #photoimmunotherapy

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/17/scientists-harness-light-therapy-to-target-and-kill-cancer-cells-in-world-first

Garry Knight

June 17, 2022 9:34pm

Immunotherapy booster produces 10,000 times more cancer-fighting cells | New Atlas

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found that adding a booster protein can significantly improve the outcome of cancer immunotherapy. Tests in mice showed the protein produced 10,000 times more immune cells, with all mice surviving the entire experiment.

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https://newatlas.com/medical/cancer-immunotherapy-booster-10-000-times-more-cells/

Immunotherapy booster produces 10,000 times more cancer-fighting cells

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found that adding a booster protein can significantly improve the outcome of cancer immunotherapy. Tests in mice showed the protein produced 10,000 times more immune cells, with all mice...