Dendritic Cell Vaccines

Dendritic cell vaccines are a type of immunotherapy that helps the body's immune system fight diseases like cancer. Dendritic cells are immune cells that activate other immune cells to recognize and attack harmful threats. In this treatment, scientists take these cells from the patient, expose them to cancer cells or pieces of cancer’s markers in the lab, and then reintroduce them into the patient’s body. This educates the immune system to better identify and destroy cancer cells. Dendritic cell vaccines aim to boost the natural immune response, offering a tailored approach to targeting specific cancers.