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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]
Immunotherapy or biological therapy is the treatment of disease by activating or suppressing the immune system. Immunotherapies 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 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-specific auto-immunity; Eva Engvall (1940-), one of the scientists who invented ...
1900 – Swedish Dr. Stenbeck cures a skin cancer with small doses of radiation [4]; 1920s – Dr. William B. Coley's immunotherapy treatment, regressed tumors in hundreds of cases, the success of Coley's Toxins attracted heavy resistance from his rival and supervisor, Dr. James Ewing, who was an ardent supporter of radiation therapy for cancer.
A British architect invented a bubble helmet in the 1980s to prevent seasonal allergies. He even sold a few hundred of the helmets. (Getty) ... Pham emphasizes that “conventional immunotherapy ...
Steven A. Rosenberg (born 2 August 1940 [1]) is an American cancer researcher and surgeon, chief of Surgery at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland and a Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
The company expects to launch its first cancer immunotherapy in 2026. It hopes to have regulatory approvals for 10 cancer indications by 2030. ... Consider when Nvidia made this list on April 15 ...
1971 – Peter Perlmann and Eva Engvall at Stockholm University invented ELISA; 1972 – Structure of the antibody molecule; 1972 – Discovery of invertebrate immunity by Hans G. Boman [11] 1973 – Dendritic Cells first described by Ralph M. Steinman; 1974 – Immune Network Hypothesis (Niels Jerne)