Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine engineered a new anti-αvβ3 antibody that activates macrophages—a type of immune cell already abundant in advanced αvβ3+ tumors—and were able to trigger anti-tumor responses in both patient tumor samples and in mouse models.
Researchers at the University of California San Diego and La Jolla Institute of Immunology have discovered a promising treatment approach for pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest and most treatment-resistant forms of cancer. The approach leverages the body’s natural immune response to cytomegalovirus, a common but typically harmless virus that most people are infected with at some point in their lives.
