Are engineered virus’ going to be the next “big thing”?
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Are engineered virus’ going to be the next “big thing”?

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      • September 18, 2014 at 2:54 pm
      SBeattie
      Participant

      As always, thank you Brian!

      • September 18, 2014 at 2:54 pm
      SBeattie
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      As always, thank you Brian!

      • September 18, 2014 at 2:54 pm
      SBeattie
      Participant

      As always, thank you Brian!

      • September 18, 2014 at 6:01 pm
      ed williams
      Participant

      Thanks Brian, very interesting .I was following the progress of a Cancer Vaccines last year being set up at Harvard University and Dana-Farber. Dr F. Stephen Hodi is running something that seems really interesting where they are Implanting a spoonge like disk made by the Wyss Institute that contained the Patients tumor cells ( dendritic cells scaffolds) was the fancy name. The goverment trial # is NCT01753089 and it started to recruit patients in the fall of 2013. The data in mouse trial was off the charts and I looking into the trial at Bostoon, before being accepted to the BMS trial for Ipi and Nivolumab. You needed to have tumor that was accessable to harvest, which I didn't, so I didn't do anymore follow up at the time. The Wyss Institute has a video on their home page about the science. You need to type in (Implantable Cancer Vaccines Melanoma) to find the video. Hope you find this interesting; Ed.

      • September 18, 2014 at 6:01 pm
      ed williams
      Participant

      Thanks Brian, very interesting .I was following the progress of a Cancer Vaccines last year being set up at Harvard University and Dana-Farber. Dr F. Stephen Hodi is running something that seems really interesting where they are Implanting a spoonge like disk made by the Wyss Institute that contained the Patients tumor cells ( dendritic cells scaffolds) was the fancy name. The goverment trial # is NCT01753089 and it started to recruit patients in the fall of 2013. The data in mouse trial was off the charts and I looking into the trial at Bostoon, before being accepted to the BMS trial for Ipi and Nivolumab. You needed to have tumor that was accessable to harvest, which I didn't, so I didn't do anymore follow up at the time. The Wyss Institute has a video on their home page about the science. You need to type in (Implantable Cancer Vaccines Melanoma) to find the video. Hope you find this interesting; Ed.

      • September 18, 2014 at 6:01 pm
      ed williams
      Participant

      Thanks Brian, very interesting .I was following the progress of a Cancer Vaccines last year being set up at Harvard University and Dana-Farber. Dr F. Stephen Hodi is running something that seems really interesting where they are Implanting a spoonge like disk made by the Wyss Institute that contained the Patients tumor cells ( dendritic cells scaffolds) was the fancy name. The goverment trial # is NCT01753089 and it started to recruit patients in the fall of 2013. The data in mouse trial was off the charts and I looking into the trial at Bostoon, before being accepted to the BMS trial for Ipi and Nivolumab. You needed to have tumor that was accessable to harvest, which I didn't, so I didn't do anymore follow up at the time. The Wyss Institute has a video on their home page about the science. You need to type in (Implantable Cancer Vaccines Melanoma) to find the video. Hope you find this interesting; Ed.

      • September 18, 2014 at 7:47 pm
      Bubbles
      Participant

      Here's a link to an amazing video and article I posted that is working to treat cancer with similar methods.  Pretty impressive –

      http://chaoticallypreciselifeloveandmelanoma.blogspot.com/2013/12/t-cells-infected-with-genetically.html

      So glad all these smart folks are on our side!  Celeste

      • September 18, 2014 at 7:47 pm
      Bubbles
      Participant

      Here's a link to an amazing video and article I posted that is working to treat cancer with similar methods.  Pretty impressive –

      http://chaoticallypreciselifeloveandmelanoma.blogspot.com/2013/12/t-cells-infected-with-genetically.html

      So glad all these smart folks are on our side!  Celeste

      • September 18, 2014 at 7:47 pm
      Bubbles
      Participant

      Here's a link to an amazing video and article I posted that is working to treat cancer with similar methods.  Pretty impressive –

      http://chaoticallypreciselifeloveandmelanoma.blogspot.com/2013/12/t-cells-infected-with-genetically.html

      So glad all these smart folks are on our side!  Celeste

        • September 18, 2014 at 8:39 pm
        RJoeyB
        Participant

        On a related note, Penn and the Wistar Institute here in Philadelphia announced yesterday that they have received a $12 million grant from NCI to fund 4 new melanoma research projects.  The doctor who lead the study highlighted in Celeste's blog entry, Dr. Carl June, is also involved in one of these new projects, which I assume will try to take a similar approach with melanoma.

        http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-medicine-and-wistar-receive-12-million-nci-melanoma-grant-help-fast-track-lab-discoveries-

        When I first heard about the approach for leukemia last year, it reminded me of TIL, except with genetically modified T-cells.  All very neat stuff.  The first patient was a young girl from central Pennsylvania.  Penn is now including it in their local television advertising, highlighting an adult patient who was successfully treated the same way.

        Joe

         

        • September 18, 2014 at 8:39 pm
        RJoeyB
        Participant

        On a related note, Penn and the Wistar Institute here in Philadelphia announced yesterday that they have received a $12 million grant from NCI to fund 4 new melanoma research projects.  The doctor who lead the study highlighted in Celeste's blog entry, Dr. Carl June, is also involved in one of these new projects, which I assume will try to take a similar approach with melanoma.

        http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-medicine-and-wistar-receive-12-million-nci-melanoma-grant-help-fast-track-lab-discoveries-

        When I first heard about the approach for leukemia last year, it reminded me of TIL, except with genetically modified T-cells.  All very neat stuff.  The first patient was a young girl from central Pennsylvania.  Penn is now including it in their local television advertising, highlighting an adult patient who was successfully treated the same way.

        Joe

         

        • September 18, 2014 at 8:39 pm
        RJoeyB
        Participant

        On a related note, Penn and the Wistar Institute here in Philadelphia announced yesterday that they have received a $12 million grant from NCI to fund 4 new melanoma research projects.  The doctor who lead the study highlighted in Celeste's blog entry, Dr. Carl June, is also involved in one of these new projects, which I assume will try to take a similar approach with melanoma.

        http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-medicine-and-wistar-receive-12-million-nci-melanoma-grant-help-fast-track-lab-discoveries-

        When I first heard about the approach for leukemia last year, it reminded me of TIL, except with genetically modified T-cells.  All very neat stuff.  The first patient was a young girl from central Pennsylvania.  Penn is now including it in their local television advertising, highlighting an adult patient who was successfully treated the same way.

        Joe

         

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