Archive | January 2014

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The tumor – a (modified) immune organ?

I was scouting for articles  this week to discuss on this blog – And I came across a few interesting ones . But one article that I happened to chance upon while I was doing some research for work caught my fancy. I started this blog so I could write about all aspects of immunology […]

Cancer Immunotherapy – 2013 Science Breakthrough of the year

Science magazine just declared cancer immunotherapy as the breakthrough of the year (1). Being an immunologist, and cancer immunotherapy being the topic of my PhD research, I could not be more excited. Cancer immunotherapy involves harnessing the body’s immune system, especially the immune system’s ‘soldiers’ known as T cells to destroy the tumor. In the […]