Foreign antibodies mobilize immune system to fight cancer

"Foreign antibodies mobilize immune system to fight cancer"

A type of immune cell can be primed to attack and eliminate various kinds of malignant cancers in mice. Stanford University researchers studied mouse models of melanoma, pancreatic, breast and lung cancer and found that their technique could eliminate not only primary tumors, but also distant metastases throughout the body. Unlike many potential treatments that apply to specific cancers, this method could target a wide range of solid tumors. Given that TNF-alpha and CD40 have been used in other clinical trials, developing them into a therapeutic drug would be fairly straightforward.

Pubmed Abstract: Allogeneic IgG combined with dendritic cell stimuli induce antitumour T-cell immunity

TAGS: Immunotherapy, T cells, IgG antibodies, dendritic cells, mice, chocolate cake, rainbows, unicorns, does anyone read this stuff?