{"id":1237,"date":"2014-06-27T03:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2015-02-02T20:19:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T01:19:25","slug":"advances-in-genetics-boost-success-of-new-immunotherapy-for-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/27\/advances-in-genetics-boost-success-of-new-immunotherapy-for-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Advances in Genetics Boost Success of New Immunotherapy for Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thanks to the advancement of gene sequencing techniques such as high-throughput genome sequencing, capable of breaking down an entire genome in a single day, a new cancer cell therapy treatment may become available to <\/a>patients.<\/p>\n

Successfully used to treat Melinda Bachini, a 45 year old Montana woman suffering from a rare bile-duct cancer after standard chemotherapy failed and resulted in hair loss<\/a> and nerve damage, Bachini researched and decided to try the new experimental cancer therapy.<\/p>\n

Reported in the journal Science<\/em>, Dr. Steven Rosenberg\u2019s team at the National Cancer Institute used a combination of cutting-edge genomics and recent insights into the human immune system. They identified specific CD4 T-cells <\/a>\u00a0attacking the cancer in Bachini\u2019s body, then literally pulled them off the tumor they were attacking and grew them in lab to later re-infuse into Bachini.<\/p>\n

Treating Bachini first with strong chemotherapy to kill competing immune cells, she then underwent 2 rounds of this new treatment. The first reduced symptoms immediately and proceeded to shrink the tumors over 6 months. A second became necessary when the tumors began to grow back. All the mutations present in the cancer \u2013 and their associated T-Cells \u2013 had to be isolated, grown, and re-infused in order to eradicate the tumors.<\/p>\n

This new immunotherapy for cancer is hoped to be used as a blueprint for attacking other types of cancers. Bachini\u2019s case was the first to be treated with this personalized approach and also the first time doctors have been able to target a specific mutation in the immune system. It is anticipated further research into this alternative cancer therapy<\/a> will provide additional treatment options for a wide array of cancers in the not-too-distant future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to the advancement of gene sequencing techniques such as high-throughput genome sequencing, capable of breaking down an entire genome in a single day, a new cancer cell therapy treatment may become available to patients. Successfully used to treat Melinda Bachini, a 45 year old Montana woman suffering from a rare bile-duct cancer after standard … Continue reading Advances in Genetics Boost Success of New Immunotherapy for Cancer<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,203],"tags":[343,259,292],"class_list":["post-1237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-cancer-research","tag-exercise","tag-fighting-cancer","tag-genetics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1238,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions\/1238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}