Immunotherapy Archives

Brain cancer specialists hope Biden’s Moonshot speeds therapies

Stanford Medicine brain cancer researchers joined other thought leaders in Washington, D.C. to discuss what the Biden Administration-led Cancer Moonshot initiative could mean.

Inside-out engineering yields better cancer-fighting cells

Stanford Medicine researchers take a unique approach to refine engineered immune cells meant to kill cancer.

Successful immunotherapy requires a body-wide response, say Stanford researchers

Harnessing a patient's immune system to tackle tumors seems like a no-brainer. Why wouldn't we avail ourselves of such a natural, already-in-the-trenches, weapon? And much …

Stanford researchers develop a new target for immunotherapy: sugars

Cancer immunotherapies have been big news in the past few years, particularly after former President Jimmy Carter's melanoma was successfully treated with one such immune-stimulating …