Tumour immunology and immunotherapy

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Published 2015-09-17
This animation created by Nature Reviews Cancer and Nature Reviews Immunology illustrates how tumour cells are sensed and destroyed by cells of the immune system and how tumours can evolve to evade immune-mediated elimination. Scientists are developing new immunotherapies that help the immune system to ‘fight back’ — the animation explains how these exciting new drugs work.

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See also: Nature Reviews Drug Discovery collection on Cancer immunotherapy: www.nature.com/nrd/collections/cancerimmuno

Further reading: Focus on Tumour immunology & immunotherapy: www.nature.com/reviews/focus/tumourimmunology/inde…

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All Comments (21)
  • @Inspiration.U
    As a Medical practioneer..I can justify the amount of knowledge provided in such a easy and professional way....I will highly recommend it to my colleague's
  • @mikaelfalk6720
    Awesome video, I really wish there were more animated videos like this one, that they were longer and more in-depth.
  • @smirk7229
    I’m a doctoral student in Molecular Biology, and these animations are beautiful! I’ll be sure to use these with my classes!
  • @DrBLOOD1995
    If all medical books were replaced by animations like these, medical studies would be less boring, more easy to understand and remember and more attractive.
  • As a practicing oncologist I must say this is by far the most easy and great animation on Immunotherapy I have watched.
  • @SnrKagemusha
    Fascinating video. My only comment: someone should actually make that cancer-fighting version of "Space Invaders".
  • This video is EPIC! Makes much sense of the long list of names and roles of the non-transformed tumour associated cells!
  • @ahmadalmasri826
    This is definitely the best video I watched in all my medicine studies.
  • i cant believe im going to be working with postdocs on cancer research and therapeutics for my research lab placement in my final year of college as a molecular bioscience student! this was really helpful thank you
  • @hashhoomy
    سبحانك ربي ما أبدعك، وعلم الإنسان ما لم يعلم.
  • @ksbalaji1287
    Thank you for this very carefully and clearly thought out video.
  • Thank you so much Nature video. Greetings from Molecular Biology, enviromental and Cancer Research Group (BIMAC) and Bioengineering graduate studies at Universidad del Cauca, Colombia.
  • @donross7820
    No one ever talks about induced Innate Immunity and the interactions of Dendritic Cells, NK Cells, and Macrocytes. We all catch 1 million cancers every day but the cell receptors of these detect them and destroy the malignant cell. So eat your fruits and vegetables, exercise, maintain a slim weight, and avoid excessive alcohol! BTW, I love to create this type animation as a hobby and this one is especially beautiful. And Parham The Immune System is a wonderful book. When I went to med school I was taught things like "somehow muscles contract" and "somehow infections are controlled" but now it seems every step in every signaling pathway has been figured out. It is incredible (and so exciting) how much is now known about the immune system and all the new practical applications of that knowledge!
  • @data790
    Life saver. I have to give a trial lecture on lung cancer and the immune system as part of my PhD defence. This video helped me understand all therapies thereafter. Thank you. Please accept one of my papers for publishing :)
  • @Netbook451
    This helped a tremendous amount for my presentation. Thank you.
  • @tmujir955
    I was amazed by the quality of the animation and the concept of immunoediting.
  • Really helped me understand how the treatment helps. Thank you.