The patient scientist.

• Autores: Katherine Harmon Courage
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 306, Nº. 1, 2012, págs. 54-59
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article reports that Nobel Prize winner Ralph M. Steinman died of pneumonia just three days prior to receiving the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2011. After being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2007, he and his colleagues used immunotherapies to treat his disease. These experimental vaccines utilize dendritic cells, cells that train other immune cells, which were first described by Steinman. Researchers believe the experimental treatment contributed to extending his life and are pursuing clinical trials using the same vaccine. INSETS: IN BRIEF;A Dose of His Own Medicine;A Grand (Self-)Experiment.