oncology

'Living Drug' That Harnesses Immune System Clears Hurdle

Posted in Medicine on 15th Jul, 2017
by Alex Muller

A new kind of cancer treatment that uses genetically engineered cells from a patient's immune system to attack their cancer easily cleared a crucial hurdle Wednesday.

Kidney cancer drug approved for NHS use in England

Posted in Medicine on 11th Jul, 2017
by Alex Muller

A drug which could prolong life for people with advanced kidney cancer has been approved for use on the NHS in England and Wales.

Personalized vaccines could help the immune system fight cancer

Posted in Medicine on 10th Jul, 2017
by Alex Muller

What if curing cancer was as easy as getting an injection?

Vinod Khosla predicts AI will replace human oncologists

Posted in Medicine on 21st Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller

I cant imagine why a human oncologist would add value, given the amount of data in oncology,

Personalized tumor vaccines keep cancer in check

Posted in Medicine on 14th Apr, 2017
by Alex Muller

For half a century, researchers have dreamed of giving cancer patients a vaccine that helps the immune system detect the tumors as foreign tissue and wipe them out.