All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 August Cancer immunotherapy in a tablet a step closer thanks to CUREator grant Cancer immunotherapy in a tablet a step closer thanks to CUREator grant 10/08/2022 | 2 MINS Researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia and Lombok Institute of Technology will use a $500,000 CUREator grant, backed by the Federal GovernmentΓÇÖs Medical Research Future Fund, to progress the development of the first cancer immunotherapy in a tablet. Building on its previous research, the team has formed a start-up company called Setonix Pharmaceuticals to develop an oral drug that boosts the immune response against cancer, potentially improving outcomes for cancer patients across the globe. Associate Professor Joost Lesterhuis, a Program Head at the Telethon Kids Cancer Centre, said immunotherapy is the next frontier in the fight against cancer. ΓÇ£Current treatments for cancer like chemotherapy and radiotherapy leave many patients with devastating long-term side effects, so by harnessing the patientΓÇÖs own immune system we can use these new treatment
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 August Cancer immunotherapy in a tablet a step closer thanks to CUREator grant Cancer immunotherapy in a tablet a step closer thanks to CUREator grant 10/08/2022 | 2 MINS Researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia and Lombok Institute of Technology will use a $500,000 CUREator grant, backed by the Federal GovernmentΓÇÖs Medical Research Future Fund, to progress the development of the first cancer immunotherapy in a tablet.
Building on its previous research, the team has formed a start-up company called Setonix Pharmaceuticals to develop an oral drug that boosts the immune response against cancer, potentially improving outcomes for cancer patients across the globe.
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Associate Professor Joost Lesterhuis, a Program Head at the Telethon Kids Cancer Centre, said immunotherapy is the next frontier in the fight against cancer.
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ΓÇ£Current treatments for cancer like chemotherapy and radiotherapy leave many patients with devastating long-term side effects, so by harnessing the patientΓÇÖs own immune system we can use these new treatment
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