Offering The Latest Research in the Fight Against Cancer
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 […]
Trial shows virus hits cancer, spares normal cells Mid-stage trial in liver cancer patients under way Another big step in ‘customizing’ viruses to target tumors Reovirus attacking a cancer cell By Deena Beasley Aug 3, 2011 (Reuters) – Researchers have shown for the first time that a single intravenous infusion of a genetically engineered virus […]
Think small—really small Nanotechnology Nanotechnology employs devices with dimensions of one to 1,000 nanometers. At these sizes it is no wonder that scientists have seized upon nanotechnology for myriad medical applications. After all, the human body is built upon a foundation of nature-made nanostructures—genes, proteins, cells—that may be best approached on their own scale. Cancer […]
Dr. Mary “Nora” Disis, a national leader in cancer-vaccine research, said her area of expertise is also making major strides within the field of immunotherapy. She points to this past year as a sure sign of progress, when three advanced clinical studies showed the benefits of vaccination in patients with prostate cancer, follicular lymphoma and […]
The Immune System: The Power Within In the search for cancer cures, it turns out that some of the most powerful answers have been inside us all along! Most cancer treatments extract a high toll from patients. Chemotherapy and radiation kill cancer cells but also ravage healthy ones. The often-toxic treatments are painful and carry […]
