Injectable cell transplantation system for cytokine-based cancer immunotherapy

• Main Author: Gerard Nathanael Adrianus.
• Other Authors: Wang Dongan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Biotechnology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16593
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cancer is a major killing disease, causing 6.7 million deaths globally in 2002. Standard cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiation, are either not effective or result in temporary tumour regression while causing excessive damage to normal tissues. Immunotherapy is a promising therapy tha...