Major Breakthrough Cancer Cures

Immunotherapy

Humans already have a natural defense mechanism: the immune system. Naturally fighting diseases, such as cancer, immune function can be somewhat manipulated to work as an effective treatment. This can be done in quite a few ways, including stimulating an individual's immune system. When the immune system is stimulated, it works harder to attack cancer cells. Another way is 'training' the immune system to attack cancer cells, by adding human-made immune system proteins, also known as monoclonal antibodies. Vaccines and 'immune checkpoint inhibitors' are also available and, over the past three decades, immunotherapy has been an important aspect of cancer research.

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