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Reginald DesRoches will succeed David Leebron as president of Rice University.
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Reginald DesRoches will succeed David Leebron as president of Rice University.
Immunotherapy is a promising strategy to treat cancer by stimulating the body's own immune system to destroy tumor cells, but it only works for a handful of cancers.
MIT researchers have discovered a new way to jump-start the immune system to attack tumors, which could allow cancer immunotherapy to be used against more types of cancer.
Scientists at the MIT Center for Precision Cancer Medicine developed a method for removing tumor cells, treating them with chemotherapy and then combining them with checkpoint-inhibiting drugs to stimulate an immune attack against cancer. In mouse models of melanoma and breast cancer, the technique eliminated 40% of tumors, they reported.
CAMBRIDGE, MA — Immunotherapy is a promising strategy to treat cancer by stimulating the body’s own immune system to destroy tumor cells, but it only