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Lani · 06-15-2012, 04:42 PM

Since it involves making an entirely new type of monoclonal antibody (IgE instead of Ig G) and discovering/oroving its pharmacokinetics/safety/etc I would think it would be a long time) If instead they tried to find already exisiting drugs which might be able to activate the immune system in the same way (don't know how they would get it to be equally specific) that might be much faster.

Hope this helps

06-15-2012, 04:42 PM	#3
Lani Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,782	Re: new type of immunotherapy: become allergic to one's own tumor and kill it Since it involves making an entirely new type of monoclonal antibody (IgE instead of Ig G) and discovering/oroving its pharmacokinetics/safety/etc I would think it would be a long time) If instead they tried to find already exisiting drugs which might be able to activate the immune system in the same way (don't know how they would get it to be equally specific) that might be much faster. Hope this helps