MIT supercharges cancer immunotherapy with a booster vaccine

Our bodies have powerful built-in defenses in the form of the immune system, but sometimes it needs an extra push. Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell therapy involves reprogramming T-cells to hunt down cancer, which has been effective against blood cancers but not so much against solid tumors. Now, scientists at MIT have found a way to supercharge the technique with a vaccine booster.

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Category: Medical

Tags:

• Breast cancer
• Cancer
• Cells
• Immunotherapy
• Leukemia
• Melanoma
• MIT
• The Immune System
• Vaccines

from New Atlas (Gizmag) https://ift.tt/2Sb0HHl