Engineer Immune Cells to Fight Cancer

Helping Cancer Patients to Fight with Infection

نوتروپنی در صورتی که منجر به شوک عفونی گردد، میتواند باعث مرگ بیمار شود مقابله با عفونت، شامل بررسی دقیق، مراقبت های پیشگیری کننده و مداخله به موقع می باشد. بیماران سرطانی بستری در بیمارستانها، اغلب در معرض خطر عفونت قرار دارند. بویژه اگر احتیاج به درمان شدید با روش های تشخیمی داشته باشند. هرگونه عفونت می تواند تهدیدی برای زندگی بیماران دارای نوتروپنی محسوب شود.

The immune system can fight cancer

Tumour immunology: T cells work together to fight cancer

A central question in tumour immunology is whether a tumour-specific immune response is capable of controlling tumour progression in cancer patients. Although several animal models have established the role of tumour-specific CD4+ helper and CD8+ cytotoxic T cells in antitumour immunity, a definitive role for these cells in tumour-specific immunity in patients with cancer has yet to be shown. I...

Harnessing the Immune System to Fight Cancer: The Promise of Genetic Cancer Vaccines

In spite of significant progress in recent years towards the development of new targeted therapies Cancer is still a largely unmet medical need and the leading cause of death in industrialized countries (Globocan Project, 2008). Cancer is continuously increasing and is associated with a variety of factors, including genetic predisposition, infectious agents, exposure to mutagens, as well as lif...

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