How is Immunotherapy Used to Fight Cancer?
How is immunotherapy used to fight cancer? If you take the brakes off the immune system, you can unleash an attack on cancer cells. That's the theory behind PD-1/PD-L1, a vitally important immunotherapy discovery illustrated in this video.
Learn more about PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors and how Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is using immunotherapy to fight different types of cancer.
See also:
Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology
Center for Immuno-Oncology
The Science of PD-1 and Immunotherapy