Immunotherapy
OVC Cancer Breakthrough Leads to Human Clinical Trials
Posted in Science on 16th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller
The findings apply to many types of cancer, including breast cancer, leukemia, prostate cancer and osteosarcoma (bone cancer), and tumors in the brain, liver and skin.
Developing treatments for cancer needs Ebola-level action
Posted in Medicine on 9th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
The hunt for a cancer cure should be treated with as much urgency as the Ebola outbreak, says US Vice-President Joe Biden.
Body's immune system induced to attack tumors
Posted in Medicine on 4th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller
Scientists have taken a 'very positive step' towards creating a universal vaccine against cancer that makes the immune system attack tumours as if they were a virus.
Gene editing boosts the immune systems' cancer-killing cells
Posted in Medicine on 15th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
The immune system is the body's own defense against infection and cancer, but tumors develop ways of stopping the onslaught.
Sean Parker donates $250M for cancer research
Posted in Medicine on 13th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
The Napster co-founder and first president of Facebook announced Wednesday that he is donating $250 million to support immunotherapy research to fight cancer.