Northwestern University Develops Method to Shrink Tumors
Nature Biomedical Engineering. ADVERTISEMENT Currently, many cancer treatment therapies use dangerous chemicals and foreign substances that may cause unwanted side effects.
Not to mention, these therapies tend to harm the body’s immune system, making patients more vulnerable to illnesses. ADVERTISEMENT While immunotherapy – using the body’s cells and tissues to treat cancer – can shrink tumors in some cases, it’s not a foolproof method.“People have been cured in the clinic of advanced melanoma through treatment with their own immune cells that were harvested out of tumor tissue,” said Shana O.
Kelley, an expert in translational biotechnology and corresponding author on the paper. “The problem is, because of the way the cells are harvested, it only works in a very small number of patients.”Kelley is a biochemistry and molecular genetics professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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