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Aussies 'fine-tuning' cancer drugs

Posted 27 November 2024 AM

A multinational team of researchers co-led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research say that they've found an avenue for fine-tuning cancer immunotherapies after taking a deep dive into the 'yin and yang' nature of PD-1 inhibitors.

Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies, such as MSD's Keytruda and BMS' Opdivo have "revolutionised cancer treatment" by allowing T cells to attack tumours and cancer cells more effectively, according to Head of the Immunology and Immunodeficiency Lab at Garvan Professor Stuart Tangye.

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