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In the first study at Stanford University, a man who received his brother's kidney has gone for two years without drugs after his doctors tweaked his immune system with irradiation and antibody treatments.
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It was an antibody that primes the immune system to attack and kill tumors.
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"We are very intrigued by this, " says Genentech biochemist Mark Sliwkowski, who cautions that the precise role of the immune system in the response to antibody drugs is unclear.
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Rockefeller University researcher Jeffrey Ravetch has shown that antibody drugs like Herceptin no longer work well in lab mice when the portion of the antibody that flags the immune system is damaged--even through they still bind perfectly well to the tumor.
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TNG1412 was an antibody designed to stimulate the immune system and, in doing so, fight cancer in a whole new way.
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The new study suggested that the antibody produced by the malfunctioning immune system might trigger a reaction which led to the destruction of these cells.
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Genetic differences in people's immune systems may also explain why some people respond much better to antibody drugs than others.
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Even as some researchers puzzle over the mystery of rare responders, others are finding that the immune system may play a crucial role in how patients react to bestselling antibody drugs.
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One of the studies it helped fund has led to a promising antibody-based treatment called anti-PD-1, which activates the immune system against cancer and helps shrink or eliminate tumors in melanoma, lung, and kidney cancer patients.
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The study showed that antibody levels among pet owning children were significantly more stable, indicating that they had robust immune systems.
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