Magnetic nanoparticles could be key to effective immunotherapy
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 18:30
in Biology & Nature
This is a graphic showing a process for producing large numbers of activated, customized T cells using magnetic nanoparticles and a column. In recent years, researchers have hotly pursued immunotherapy, a promising form of treatment that relies on harnessing and training the body's own immune system to better fight cancer and infection. Now, results of a study led by Johns Hopkins investigators suggests that a device composed of a magnetic column paired with custom-made magnetic nanoparticles may hold a key to bringing immunotherapy into widespread and successful clinical use. A summary of the research, conducted in mouse and human cells, appears online July 14 in the journal ACS Nano.