New Antibody Drug Boosts the Immune System’s Capacity to Fight Cancer
A new study using the antibody drug BMS-936558 (MDX-1106, anti-PD-1), resulted in tumor shrinkage of at least 30 percent in 18 percent of lung cancer…
A new study using the antibody drug BMS-936558 (MDX-1106, anti-PD-1), resulted in tumor shrinkage of at least 30 percent in 18 percent of lung cancer…
Pathogens that cause plague or cholera use miniature syringes to introduce molecular agents into their host cell, disabling the immune defense of the infected cell….
Findings suggest that our own immune system may be working against us when it comes to protection from skin cancer. The scientists found that in…
Novel technology could potentially seek out cancer cells and cause them to self-destruct. Inspired by the mechanics of the body’s own immune system, researchers at…
Researchers at Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital and Antwerp University have begun the testing of a new ‘therapeutic vaccine’ against HIV on…
Dr. Chil-Yong Kang and his team at The University of Western Ontario have been studying HIV for the last twenty years and working on a…