{"id":3200,"date":"2018-03-28T01:31:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T06:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=3200"},"modified":"2018-03-26T06:06:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T11:06:56","slug":"swiss-group-studies-dendritic-cell-vaccines-with-artificial-receptors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/28\/swiss-group-studies-dendritic-cell-vaccines-with-artificial-receptors\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Group Studies Dendritic Cell Vaccines with Artificial Receptors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Cancer Research Is Improving Treatment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the challenges doctors face with cancer treatment is designing a program to meet a patient’s unique needs. Immunotherapy for cancer<\/a> is helping to provide solutions to this problem, such as recent improvements to dendritic cell vaccines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Immunotherapy: Priming the Body’s Immune System<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the body’s immune system is extremely capable when it comes to fighting viruses, bacteria and other invaders, cancer cells often demonstrate a remarkable ability to evade detection. Immunotherapy <\/a>works by enhancing the immune system’s power to target and destroy cancer cells.<\/p>\n

Dendritic cells are one of the immune system’s “messengers” that present antigens to killer T-cells for destruction. Researchers in Switzerland began looking for a way to improve the effectiveness of dendritic cell vaccines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Helping the Immune System Recognize Cancer Cells<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prof. Michele De Palma and his team created artificial receptors known as EVIRs, which are inserted in dendritic cells extracted from a patient. Once reintroduced into the patient’s system, the EVIRs are engineered to recognize exosomes that transport molecules between cells, sometimes assisting in the spread of cancer.<\/p>\n

As EVIRs capture exosomes, it allows dendritic cells to present antigens on their outer surface, simplifying recognition and attack by killer T-cells<\/a>. De Palma and his team have dubbed this phenomenon “cross-dressing,” and they’re hoping that the process will improve the specificity of cancer treatment.<\/p>\n

Issels\u00ae: A Successful Legacy of Immunotherapy for Cancer<\/strong><\/p>\n

At Issels\u00ae, we are exclusively focused on immunotherapy for cancer with patients who have advanced or therapy-resistant cancers. Contact us<\/a> to learn more about our dendritic cell vaccines<\/a> and other non-toxic, personally tailored immunotherapy treatment programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the challenges doctors face with cancer treatment is designing a program to meet a patient’s unique needs. Immunotherapy for cancer is helping to provide solutions to this problem, such as recent improvements to dendritic cell vaccines. Immunotherapy: Priming the Body’s Immune System While the body’s immune system is extremely capable when it comes … Continue reading Swiss Group Studies Dendritic Cell Vaccines with Artificial Receptors<\/span> →<\/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":[203,580,537,205,216,538,1],"tags":[224,251,449,509],"class_list":["post-3200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancer-research","category-cancer-treatment","category-cancer-vaccine","category-immuno-oncology","category-immunotherapy","category-immunotherapy-for-cancer","category-uncategorized","tag-cancer-treatment","tag-cancer-vaccines","tag-center-for-immuno-oncology","tag-immuno-oncology"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200","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=3200"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3209,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200\/revisions\/3209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}