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Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – October 2022

October 18, 2022 by Modulight Content
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   Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – October 2022 This month’s laser sharp nomination goes to Takuya Osada‘s team at Duke University Medical Center. Their impressive results on novel immunotherapy combination strategy for breast cancer was published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. The team combined immune checkpoint blockage with HSP90-targeted light therapy using ML7710 medical laser. This combination resulted in strong activation of antitumor immunity and prolonged survival in syngeneic breast cancer models. Impressively, adding immune checkpoint blockers even resulted in an increased antitumor activity elsewhere, outside the local light-treated area, showing potential Continue reading →

Combination of a novel heat shock protein 90-targeted photodynamic therapy with PD-1/PD-L1 blockade induces potent systemic antitumor efficacy and abscopal effect against breast cancers

September 28, 2022 by Modulight
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Published in: Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer Authors: Kensuke Kaneko, Chaitanya R Acharya, Hiroshi Nagata, Xiao Yang, Zachary Conrad Hartman, Amy Hobeika, Philip F Hughes, Timothy A J Haystead, Michael A Morse, Herbert Kim Lyerly, Takuya Osada    Published in: Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer Authors: Kensuke Kaneko, Chaitanya R Acharya, Hiroshi Nagata, Xiao Yang, Zachary Conrad Hartman, Amy Hobeika, Philip F Hughes, Timothy A J Haystead, Michael A Morse, Herbert Kim Lyerly, Takuya Osada   Heat shock protein (HS291) targeted PDT was studied in mice with ML7710 to understand immunological component and combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors. The study demonstrates the potential of combined Hsp90-targeted PDT and PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in breast cancer immunotherapy and abscopal effect i.e. efficacy on distal tumors.   Continue reading →