Health Insight
CAMPAIGN: Advancements in Immunology (2022)
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First, Made-in-Canada CAR-T Cell Therapy Shows Promise in Clinical Trial
CAR-T cell therapy offers a fighting chance to patients with cancer in Canada. More than a dozen people with cancer who had exhausted all treatments are alive and cancer-free thanks to a pioneering Canadian clinical trial of a highly personalized immunotherapy. Patients in the clinical trial at The Ottawa Hospital and BC Cancer had their...
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OICR Fuels Innovative Research on Activating Our Immune System against Cancer
OICR is dedicated to discovering and accelerating innovative cancer treatments for patients. After 30 years in academia, pharma, and biotech researching the relationship between cancer and the immune system, Dr. Laszlo Radvanyi says oncology is poised to enter a new era of better leveraging our immune system against cancer. Although decades of research have resulted...
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Advanced Skin Cancers Now Have a Broader Range of Treatment Options Available
In recent years, innovations to help the body’s immune system destroy cancer cells have been life-changing for patients. Melanoma is more than skin deep. It’s a very serious form of skin cancer. In 2021, an estimated 8,700 Canadians learned that they had the disease — an increase of 8.5 per cent over the previous year....
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Navigating Your Cancer Journey with Support from Kidney Cancer Canada
Navigating Your Cancer Journey with Support from Kidney Cancer Canada. As a biological therapy, immunotherapy is unique as it uses your own immune system to fight cancer cells. The addition of immunotherapy in the treatment of advanced and metastatic renal cancer has led to improved outcome for patients. While the treatment may not work for...
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McMaster University Develops Promising New Inhaled COVID-19 Vaccines
McMaster University’s next-generation COVID-19 vaccines will be delivered by aerosol, directly targeting the respiratory tract, where infections take hold. The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 is a coronavirus, as are many viruses responsible for ongoing, seasonal common cold-like infections. Like influenza virus, coronaviruses are notable for their capacity to mutate, which has resulted in the...