{"id":2449,"date":"2016-08-09T03:42:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T08:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2016-08-07T08:46:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T13:46:48","slug":"whats-happening-in-immunotherapy-research-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/09\/whats-happening-in-immunotherapy-research-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Happening in Immunotherapy Research &#8211; Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2256\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2256\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Depositphotos_14563449_s-2015-250x150.jpg\" alt=\"What's New in Immunotherapy\" width=\"250\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What&#8217;s New in Immunotherapy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">As <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">immunotherapy for cancer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"> continues to gain traction in the medical community, researchers around the globe are directing their efforts toward finding new treatment methods and improving existing ones. Here&#8217;s a look at some of the exciting <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancer.org\/treatment\/treatmentsandsideeffects\/treatmenttypes\/immunotherapy\/immunotherapy-whats-new-immuno-res\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">developments in immunotherapy treatments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"> that are making news today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Refining Monoclonal Antibodies<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Monoclonal antibodies, or mAbs, are proteins that take advantage of the difference between cancer cells and normal cells. Scientists are exploring ways to make mAbs even more powerful, such as attaching them to drugs or other substances, while making them less likely to trigger an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/16\/immunotherapy-for-cancer-is-it-right-for-you\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">immune response<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">. They are also working on combining mAbs for a more focused attack on tumors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">CAR T-Cells<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">T-cells, which are part of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/07\/what-is-biotherapy-treatment-for-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">the immune system<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">, have long been a major subject of immunotherapy research. Recent trials involve removing T-cells from a patient, genetically adding CARs (chimeric antigen receptors), then returning them to the patient&#8217;s blood, where they can more precisely target cancer cells. This method has shown particularly promising results in cases featuring advanced forms of leukemia and lymphoma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Another approach using T-cells centers on tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) found deep within tumors. The TILs are removed from tumor samples and treated with interleukin-2 so they multiply rapidly. Once injected back into the patient, the TILs are better equipped to fight cancer cells.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Issels\u00ae: A Pioneer in Immunotherapy Treatments <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">In our next post, we&#8217;ll continue our look at the latest updates on research centering on immunotherapy for cancer. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\/questionnaire\/request-issels-info.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Contact us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"> to learn more about how Issels\u00ae has been a leader in personalized, non-toxic immunotherapy protocols. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As immunotherapy for cancer continues to gain traction in the medical community, researchers around the globe are directing their efforts toward finding new treatment methods and improving existing ones. Here&#8217;s a look at some of the exciting developments in immunotherapy treatments that are making news today. Refining Monoclonal Antibodies Monoclonal antibodies, or mAbs, are proteins &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/09\/whats-happening-in-immunotherapy-research-part-one\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What&#8217;s Happening in Immunotherapy Research &#8211; Part One<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,203,205,216,2],"tags":[252,449,219,531,514,442],"class_list":["post-2449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-cancer-research","category-immuno-oncology","category-immunotherapy","category-news","tag-cancer-research-advancement","tag-center-for-immuno-oncology","tag-immunotherapy","tag-immunotherapy-for-cancer","tag-integrative-immunotherapy","tag-new-cancer-research-methods"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449\/revisions\/2450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}