Advanced Cell and Gene Therapy

Immunotherapy in Cancer Treatment

This session focuses on the latest advancements in immunotherapy for cancer treatment, including novel approaches, clinical trials, Immunotherapy has emerged as a ground-breaking approach in cancer treatment, offering new hope to patients by leveraging the power of the immune system to combat cancer. Unlike traditional treatments that directly target cancer cells, immunotherapy enhances the body's natural defences to identify and destroy cancer cells more effectively. One of the key strategies in immunotherapy is checkpoint inhibitors, which block inhibitory pathways in the immune system that cancer cells exploit to evade detection. By releasing these brakes, checkpoint inhibitors unleash the immune system to mount a more robust attack against cancer.Another promising approach is adoptive cell therapy, such as CAR-T cell therapy, which involves genetically modifying a patient's T cells to recognize and kill cancer cells. This personalized therapy has shown remarkable success, particularly in certain types of blood cancers.