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Immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment
Immunotherapy is the concept of using the body’s
own immune system to treat disease.
Scientists within the LGRTC are focused on developing various immunotherapy
approaches for the treatment of cancer. These approaches are
aimed at stimulating a patient’s immune system to reject and
destroy tumors through the recognition of tumor-specific antigens.
One way to stimulate the immune systems is using dendritic cells,
a class of antigen presenting cells, to activate a cytotoxic response
towards a tumor-specific antigen. Tumor antigens are presented by
the dendritic cells, which in turn cause the immune system to target
these antigens.
Another way to stimulate the immune system is through T-cell based
immunotherapy. This therapy uses T-cell based cytotoxic responses
to attack cancer. T-cells are a type of lymphocyte that attack pathogens
directly.
Related research:
Yan Cui, PhD
Alistair Ramsay, PhD
Jill Williams, PhD
Qian-Jin Zhang, PhD
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