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As an outsider, and nothing close to an expert, the title sounds profoundly tantalizing, in terms of a means to hypothesizing a cure... Specifically, to my ears
by excitement 8y ago
As an outsider, and nothing close to an expert, the title sounds profoundly tantalizing, in terms of a means to hypothesizing a cure... Specifically, to my ears, "computationally identifiable" sounds like a new level of targeting accuracy?
So, hypothetically, what would it mean, if one could sequence a tumor, identify the receptors, then culture and replicate the immune signal to amplify it, train the host with a vaccinating agent, and then let the host's immune response mount a highly targeted attack to eradicate instances of the diseased genome?
Sounds like that's a pretty tall order for now? Or is it just presumptive, and fantastically absurd to believe things even work like that?
- jostmey 8y agoThere are already a small number of research groups trying to identify tumor specific immune receptors and then use those immune receptors as a treatment for the patient cancer. The process is lengthy and expensive but promising as a treatment for cancer. Hopefully, I and others can develop computational tools to assist in the discovery of tumor specific immune receptors, accelerating the treatment and reducing the cost