Tag Archive | cancer
AstraZeneca, Merck’s pancreatic cancer drug cleared by FDA
Pancreatic cancer is difficult to treat. While precision has helped make significant strides in improved overall survival in other cancers, pancreatic cancer has been left behind. This week, Astra Zeneca and Merck’s Lynparza, a drug that targets the BRCA mutation, was cleared by the FDA. The BRCA mutation is found in breast and ovarian cancers. A […]
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 […]
Innately Immune 