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How does allergy immunotherapy work?

Medically reviewed by Corinne Savides Happel, MD Key Takeaways Allergy immunotherapy works by gradually exposing the immune ...
Dr Allison: One of the most exciting realizations in recent years is that a fraction of patients who have received these immunotherapies can actually be cured. A good example is ipilimumab (Yervoy®), ...
What if instead of temporarily relieving your allergies with medication, you could train your immune system to stop overreacting to your allergens altogether? That’s the idea behind allergy ...
Keytruda is not chemotherapy. It’s a type of treatment called immunotherapy. It works with the body’s immune system, helping T cells fight cancer cells. With immunotherapy, the body’s immune system ...
An immunotherapy treatment has been found to ‘change the world’ for head and neck cancer patients by giving them an extra two and a half years before the disease worsens or comes back. During a major ...
Cleveland: Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered that bacteria inside cancerous tumors may be key to understanding why immunotherapy works ...