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adoptive transfer

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adoptive transfer
the transfer of cells, commonly lymphocytes from an immunized individual, to a non-immune recipient.


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Other treatments under study include (Rubin, 2009) * Vaccines * T-cell adoptive transfer therapy * Targeted therapies or inhibitors * Novel agents such as oblimersen and elesclomol.
Consequently, it has become possible to create immune recognition of cancer antigens through immunization and through adoptive transfer of antitumor lymphocytes into a lymphodepleted host.
We conclude that accumulation is most likely due to pro longed cell survival, because adoptive transfer experiments demonstrated that C-Med 100 [R] treatment significantly prolonged lymphocyte survival in peripheral lymphoid organs, without increasing their proliferation rate.
 
 
 
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