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Whole body scan shows the complexity of the immunotherapy response
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Whole body scan shows the complexity of the immunotherapy response

by Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen  Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Immune checkpoint inhibitors activate the body’s immune system against tumors. Although this cancer treatment has shown remarkable success, the patient’s chance of responding to the treatment remains unpredictable. Scientists at the University Medical Center Groningen have performed whole-body PET scans using a radioactively labeled antibody tracer...

Personalized immunotherapy response studied in body-on-a-chip cancer models
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Personalized immunotherapy response studied in body-on-a-chip cancer models

WAKE FOREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER IMAGE: AN EXAMPLE OF TUMOR-ON-A-CHIP, A SYSTEM USED TO TEST DRUGS ON PATIENT-SPECIFIC TUMOR ORGANOID MODELS CREDIT: WFIRM WINSTON-SALEM, NC, JULY 19, 2021 — Wake Forest researchers and clinicians are using patient-specific tumor ‘organoid’ models as a preclinical companion platform to better evaluate immunotherapy treatment for appendiceal cancer, one of...