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Broad Discovery Series: Introducing the immune system, and expanding its cancer-fighting potential

Broad Institute

Its T cells in particular are famous for their ability to attack tumors, leading to immunotherapies that have revolutionized cancer treatment. Immunologist Lloyd Bod will take us on a tour of the immune system, and discuss new insights that may help scientists and doctors leverage its cancer-fighting capabilities more effectively.

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Targeting the immunotherapy potential of cytokines IL-12 and IL-18 with new advancements in protein engineering

Drug Target Review

In this IO arena, we continue to search for additional treatments that can further benefit patients. Generally, IO has been focused on harnessing the anti-tumour activity of certain cancer-fighting T-cells , a key cell type involved in the adaptive immune defense system.

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Cancer immunotherapy candidate provokes powerful dual response in cancer and immune cells

Broad Institute

This is an unprecedented opportunity to evaluate how immune responses work,” said Robert Manguso , who is co-senior author on the study, an associate member at the Broad, and an assistant professor at the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Cancer Research and Harvard Medical School.

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Therapeutic Vaccine Is Keeping Melanoma in Remission 4 Years On

The Pharma Data

25, 2021 — Giving melanoma patients a “personalized” vaccine can prompt an anti-tumor immune response that lasts for years, an early study finds. But it builds on earlier work showing it is possible to spur the immune system to respond to an individual’s unique tumor. MONDAY, Jan. SOURCES: Patrick A.

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Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Repurposing

DrugBank

This approach capitalizes on prior investments in R&D, mitigates risk by leveraging established safety and pharmacokinetic profiles, and accelerates the delivery of treatments to patients. For example, researchers utilized gene expression data to determine the anti-ulcer drug cimetidine as a possible treatment for colorectal cancer.

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Advances in the Battle Against Autoimmune Disease

The Pharma Data

In late 2020, the effort received $200,000 in seed funding from the Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health at the University of Melbourne’s medical school. The human monoclonal antibody targets specific immune plasma cells. Treatment induced sustainable clinical responses and reduced systemic inflammation.

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New “dictionary” of immune responses reveals far more complexity in the immune system than previously thought

Broad Institute

Using single-cell RNA sequencing to analyze gene expression in individual cells, the researchers have found how 86 major cytokines affect 17 immune cell types in mice. NH: This is the first single-cell resolution dictionary of each major immune cell type responding to each major cytokine in vivo at an unprecedented scale.