Link via Dana-Farber Cancer Institute How does immunotherapy fight cancer? If you take the brakes off the immune system, you can unleash an attack on cancer cells. That’s the theory behind PD-1/PD-L1, a vitally important immunotherapy discovery illustrated in this video.
Chasing Metastatic Cancer Cells
Link via Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Understanding cancer cell behavior is a fundamental step toward advancing precision medicine. Winship’s Adam Marcus, PhD, shows how his lab is isolating and studying the behavior “leader” cells that may be the key to cancer metastasis.