Menu

Blog

Apr 16, 2016

New implantable device may help shrink pancreatic tumours

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The researchers took T cells from the tumour, removed PD-1, multiplied the T cells and put them back into the mice and found that the tumours shrank.

They then inserted the enzyme and found that these T cells were able to keep up the fight at the tumour site.

The team is preparing for clinical trials and has started a company, PanTher Therapeutics, to develop the implant for patient use.

Read more

Comments are closed.