Friday, May 18, 2018

IMMUNOTHERAPY AND THE HUTCH


Linda in her favorite fuzzy sweater


I just now cancelled my subscription to the Bellingham Herald – and then along comes this very valuable piece on research in immunotherapy at Fred Hutch.  Maybe I made a mistake.  Naw, not likely.

Anyway, you really should read this.  It will do you good.


My thought is that if this had come along ten years ago I might still have Linda here, probably  to suggest that I get off my duff and do something in the yard.



3 comments:

  1. Here is some background material. The author is Ron Judd, staff writer for the Seattle Times. He writes well.

    https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/the-backstory-the-story-behind-the-hutch-is-closing-in-on-a-cure-for-cancer/

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  2. Linda’s sister Carolyn Joyce alerted me to this very valuable explanation of how cancer immunotherapy works. Read it.

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jun/04/doctors-hail-world-first-as-womans-advanced-breast-cancer-is-eradicated


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  3. and here is a more technical version of the article referenced in my previous Comment:

    https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/press-releases/2018/immunotherapy-targets-breast-cancer-case-report?cid=eb_govdel

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