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Nobel committee honors tumor immunologists Rotte, Anand; D’Orazi, Gabriella; Bhandaru, Madhuri

Abstract

This commentary wishes to highlight the 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to two cancer immunotherapy scientists, Prof James Allison and Prof Tasuku Honjo, for their discovery on unleashing the body’s immune system to attack cancer. Their studies have led to the development of an entire class of drugs that hopefully will bring lasting remissions to many patients who had run out of options.

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Title
Nobel committee honors tumor immunologists
Creator
Rotte, Anand; D’Orazi, Gabriella; Bhandaru, Madhuri
Publisher
BioMed Central
Date Issued
2018-10-30
Description
This commentary wishes to highlight the 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to two cancer immunotherapy scientists, Prof James Allison and Prof Tasuku Honjo, for their discovery on unleashing the body’s immune system to attack cancer. Their studies have led to the development of an entire class of drugs that hopefully will bring lasting remissions to many patients who had run out of options.
Subject
Immunotherapy; Immune checkpoints; CTLA-4; PD-1; PD-L1; Anti-tumor immune response
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2018-10-30
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
DOI
10.14288/1.0373198
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/67732
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Non UBC; Dermatology and Skin Science, Department of
Citation
Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 2018 Oct 30;37(1):262
Publisher DOI
10.1186/s13046-018-0937-6
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Copyright Holder
The Author(s).
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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