Immunology, Infection, and Inflammation Program

Tumor cells often involve changes that should make them appear 'foreign' to the body's immune system. Thus, these tumors must develop strategies to either suppress or evade the patient's immune system. There is tremendous therapeutic potential in working to strengthen the patient's immune response to the tumor, as well as the potential for artificially inducing an appropriate immune response against a tumor. These types of therapies are often very effective as an adjunct to more traditional therapies and add another valuable tool to the translational arsenal.