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Immunotherapy or biological therapy is the treatment of disease by activating or suppressing the immune system. Immunotherapy is designed to elicit or amplify an immune response are classified as activation immunotherapies, while immunotherapies that reduce or suppress are classified as suppression immunotherapies .
William Bradley Coley (January 12, 1862 – April 16, 1936) was an American bone surgeon and cancer researcher best known for his early contributions to the study of cancer immunotherapy, specifically causing infection as a way to fight cancer, a practice used as far back as 1550 BC. [1]
Kiril Bratanov (1911-1986), pioneer in the area of immunology of reproduction; William Coley (1862-1936), pioneer of cancer immunotherapy; Albert Coons (1912-1978), developed immunofluorescent techniques for labelling antibodies; Max D. Cooper (1933-), identification of T and B cells; Yehuda Danon (1940-) Deborah Doniach (1912-2004), organ ...
Cancer immunotherapy (immuno-oncotherapy) is the stimulation of the immune system to treat cancer, improving the immune system's natural ability to fight the disease. [1] It is an application of the fundamental research of cancer immunology ( immuno-oncology ) and a growing subspecialty of oncology .
Moffitt Cancer Center at Wesley Chapel, 2590 Healing Way, Wesley Chapel, FL, is a 28,000-square-foot outpatient facility bringing access to Moffitt expertise and nationally-ranked cancer care to Pasco County. [44] Moffitt McKinley Hospital, 10901 N. McKinley Drive, Tampa, FL, is an inpatient surgical hospital located on Moffitt's McKinley Campus.
Cellular adoptive immunotherapy is a type of immunotherapy. Immune cells such as T-cells are usually isolated from patients for expansion or engineering purposes and reinfused back into patients to fight diseases using their own immune system .
Ibalizumab (trade name: Trogarzo) is a new antiviral drug specifically for adults with HIV who have tried but developed resistant against other HIV therapies. The entry of HIV into human immune cells requires the binding of the GP120 (an envelope glycoprotein on the surface of HIV) to CD4 (a receptor on the immune cell surface) to induce the ...
Photoimmunotherapy (PIT) is an oncological treatment that combines photodynamic therapy of tumor with immunotherapy treatment. Combining photodynamic therapy with immunotherapy enhances the immunostimulating response and has synergistic effects for metastatic cancer treatment. [1] [2] [3]