{"id":847,"date":"2013-10-28T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T09:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=847"},"modified":"2015-02-10T12:56:41","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T17:56:41","slug":"immunotherapy-cancers-kryptonite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/28\/immunotherapy-cancers-kryptonite\/","title":{"rendered":"Immunotherapy: Cancer\u2019s Kryptonite"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-849\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-849\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MP9003902361-200x142.jpg\" alt=\"image of cells\" width=\"200\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MP9003902361-200x142.jpg 200w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/MP9003902361.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finding a way to pierce the shield that cancer cells use to hide from the body\u2019s immune system attackers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As noted in our previous post, <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/25\/immunotherapy-is-redefining-cancer-treatment\/\">immunotherapy is redefining cancer treatment<\/a> and providing answers to questions that have long puzzled cancer researchers. Of critical importance has been finding a way to pierce the shield that cancer cells use to hide from the body\u2019s immune system attackers. In what is being heralded as a new era in cancer treatment, researchers are finding in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/TreatmentSummary.aspx#sthash.Cgg5Hudz.dpbs\">personalized immunotherapy<\/a> the key to unleashing the immune system\u2019s super powers and smashing through cancer\u2019s shields.<\/p>\n<p>In studying the cancer genome, scientists have discovered that some cancer cells are able to thwart immune response by co-opting for their own use the molecular mechanisms that govern cell communication and turn on and off certain cell functions. In effect, these cancer cells seem able to disguise their biological signature in such a way that immune system defenders no longer identify them as invaders. However, by augmenting the natural power of the body\u2019s immune system, immunotherapy is proving to be highly effective in unmasking these disguises and allowing immune system defenders to penetrate cancer\u2019s shields and attack.<\/p>\n<p>Top U.S. cancer researchers described the results being achieved with immunotherapy as \u201camazing,\u201d \u201ca game-changer\u201d and \u201ca watershed moment,\u201d in interviews with the <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/15\/health\/breaking-through-cancers-shield.html?_r=2&amp;\">New York Times<\/a><\/i>. According to the <i>Times<\/i>, \u201cThis period will be viewed as an inflection point, a moment in medical history when everything changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A pioneer in the field of immunotherapy Dr. Josef Issels opened his first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/history.aspx#sthash.fOHkJZ0p.dpbs\">alternative cancer treatment center<\/a> in Germany more than 60 years ago. We were among the first to demonstrate the success of immunotherapy in achieving long-term remissions of advanced and treatment-resistant cancers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As noted in our previous post, immunotherapy is redefining cancer treatment and providing answers to questions that have long puzzled cancer researchers. Of critical importance has been finding a way to pierce the shield that cancer cells use to hide from the body\u2019s immune system attackers. In what is being heralded as a new era &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/28\/immunotherapy-cancers-kryptonite\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Immunotherapy: Cancer\u2019s Kryptonite<\/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":[202,216],"tags":[224,259],"class_list":["post-847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-immunotherapy","tag-cancer-treatment","tag-fighting-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847","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=847"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1644,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions\/1644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}