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RE: Cancer research
October 1, 2018 at 5:37 am (This post was last modified: October 1, 2018 at 5:38 am by pocaracas.)
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.”

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RE: Cancer research
October 1, 2018 at 10:23 am
What is "negative immune regulation"?
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RE: Cancer research
October 1, 2018 at 11:24 am (This post was last modified: October 1, 2018 at 11:26 am by brewer.)
Look at the three drugs on the market, Keytruda, Opdivo and Yervoy. Monoclonal antibodies for  CTLA-4 or PD-1 inhibition which allows T cells to attack cancers.
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RE: Cancer research
June 2, 2019 at 3:25 am
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