Deploying An Ancient Defense to Kill Cancer
What if your body’s ancient defenses against invading bacteria could be hijacked to help kill cancer? A recent small trial in cancer patients with advanced soft-tissue sarcomas aimed to find out. Into tumors located just under patients’ skin, the Seattle-based research team injected an experimental drug based on a certain bacterial molecule that triggers a…
Novel ‘Barcode’ Tracking of T-Cells in Immunotherapy Patients Identifies Likely Cancer
A new discovery by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle makes an important step in identifying which specific T cells within the diverse army of a person’s immune system are best suited to fight cancer. The findings will be published February 24 in Science Immunology. “We found that the cells in each…