The aim of immunotherapy is to influence the body’s own immune system in order to fight infections or cancer.
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Immunotherapies are especially important for patients suffering from immunodeficiencies to boost their immune system. In case of autoimmune diseases, on the other hand, the immune system should be weakened, which is also called immunotherapy.
Researchers at the ImmunoSensation cluster of excellence at the University of Bonn have managed to do what many scientists dream of: together with researchers from the USA, they have patented new
In a clinical trial at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), leukaemia patients are being administered specially purified immune cells, so-called memory T cells, for the first time after a
