Nano Particles Nanotechnology has been harnessed to kill cancer cells without harming healthy tissue. The development of nanotechnology allows for efficient delivery of therapeutics into tumor cells. Some nanotechnology molecules can form cage-like structures, which can be filled with chemotherapeutic agents. Many chemotherapy agents prove extremely damaging to healthy tissue as well as cancer cells, […]

Oncolytic Virotherapy The treatment of cancer by using a virus specifically tailored to infect cancer cells while leaving normal cells unharmed. New Castles Disease Virus (ndv): Used to destroy cancer cells. The engineering of such viruses involves ensuring that the viruses can only replicate inside cancer cells, lysing the cells when they exit and ensuring […]

Passive Immunotherapy (Monoclonal Antibodies)   Monoclonal antibodies mimic the antibodies your body naturally produces as part of your immune system’s response to germs, vaccines, and other invaders. When a monoclonal antibody attaches to a cancer cell, it makes the cancer cell more visible to the immune system. The immune system attacks foreign invaders in your […]

Active Immunotherapy (vaccines) Cancer vaccines are different from the vaccines that work against viruses. Instead of preventing disease, they are meant to trigger the immune system to attack a disease that already exists. A cancer vaccine has cancer cells, parts of cells, or pure antigens (unusual proteins on cancer cells). The vaccine increases the immune […]