Sunday, November 24, 2019

A GLIMMER OF HOPE


I don't know what's going on here
This is our new house
Maybe we only had one chair

If you read these things you will know that I have immense enthusiasm for immunotherapy in general, but am pessimistic about the pace with which it is being applied to solid tumors, and specifically OVCA.  Well, these two articles signal hope just over the horizon.  It appears that French and a Japanese research outfits have made significant progress on applying  immunotherapeutic techniques to ovarian cancer – in mice.  The method requires sequencing the tumor’s genome, then devising an individualized drug to croak it.  HOW this works remains several notches above my pay grade, but the FDA seems to be smiling upon it so there is reason for optimism.  A Phase 1 trial is in the offing. 






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