The discovery promises to increase the efficacy of existing immunotherapy treatments, while making them accessible to a wider range of patients.
Scientists have made an exciting breakthrough in our understanding of how our immune systems respond to cancer. By understanding these biochemical pathways, we may be able to increase the efficacy of existing immunotherapy treatments and make them accessible to a wider range of patients.Immunotherapy uses our body's own immune system to fight cancer. Normally our immune systems work hard to spot and destroy potentially malignant cells before they can grow into a tumor.
However, immunotherapy doesn't work for everyone New research is looking encouraging, and as many as three in five patients could be responsive to certain immunotherapies. But what about the other 40 percent? What if there was a way to boost their immune system's response to these cancers?In a new study, published in the journal Nature Genes & Immunity, researchers from the University of Turku in Finland may have found just that.
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