a: nivolumab ~
b: taking the brakes off the immune system

What:

"Treatment with nivolumab is like taking the brakes off the immune system, says Borghaei-"it allows the body's own immune system to recognize the tumor as foreign and attack it." A similar drug, ipilimumab, has been approved for melanoma."


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Writer: Hossein Borghaei
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Date: Apr 16 2016 9:29 AM


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