Immunotherapy

Turning the immune system into a treatment, and the engineering that requires.

5 articles

Engineering the Future of Disease Defence with Synthetic Immunology

Synthetic immunology redesigns immune cells to enhance their disease-fighting capabilities and offers new promise for the treatment of diseases, such as cancer, by using simple...

Cancer Research

New Quantitative Pathology Imaging System Vectra 3

Perkin Elmer has released a new system for quantitative pathology imaging research, the Vectra 3. The automated, high-throughput device has seven color multiplexing and visualization capabilities...

Cancer Research

Biogel Delivers Anti-Cancer Agents Directly to Tumors

Researchers from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) have developed an injectable biogel that can deliver anti-cancer agents directly into the tumors. The technique,...

Basic Research

Antibody-Activated Leukemia Cells Kill Their Sisters

A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has found a way to transform leukemia cells in Natural Killers (NK) that attack other...

Basic Research

New Immunotherapy Based on Magnetic Cells

Scientists from Johns Hopkins University have found a way to improve immunotherapy with magnetic nanoparticles. The researchers used magnetic cells with artificial antigens to extract...

Bioengineering