Immunotherapy: finding hidden ways to treat cancer

Thursday 13th Jun 2024, 10.00am

Cancer will affect everyone, in some way, during their lifetime. While treatments have gotten better over the years, they are not always effective.

Doctor and researcher, Giamp Valenzano, from the Department of Oncology is trying to tackle the disease using the power of our own immune systems. You probably know the immune system as the biological powerhouse that fights off colds. But this fighting mechanism may also help to kill cancer cells.

Join Giamp in the lab to see how immunotherapy could remove cancer cells, especially those evading current treatments.

Writers: Dr Charlotte Bird and Giamp Valenzano

Editor: James Lee-Warner