Immunotherapies

Cancer: Immunotherapies without side effects?

In recent years, immunotherapy has revolutionised the field of cancer treatment. However, inflammatory reactions in healthy tissues frequently trigger side effects that can be serious and lead to the permanent discontinuation of treatment. This toxicity is still poorly understood and is a major obstacle to the use of immunotherapy. Scientists from the University of Geneva… Read More »

Machine Learning Helps Design Complex Immunotherapies

May 8th, 2019 Siavash Parkhideh Informatics, Medicine, Nanomedicine Spherical Nucleic Acid (SNA) Researchers from Northwestern University have leveraged machine learning to aid in the design of nanomedicines for immunotherapy. They utilized a high-throughput method to synthesize 800 unique immunostimulatory nanoparticles called Spherical Nucleic Acids (SNAs). “Spherical nucleic acids represent an exciting new class of medicines… Read More »