immune checkpoint therapy

American

[ih-myoon chek-point ther-uh-pee] / ɪˈmjun ˈtʃɛkˌpɔɪnt ˈθɛr ə pi /

noun

Immunology, Pharmacology.

a form of cancer treatment that utilizes immune checkpoint inhibitors.

It’s important to monitor T cell reactivation before and after immune checkpoint therapy.

Etymology

Origin of immune checkpoint therapy

First recorded in 2015

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immune checkpoint therapy

Once the MHC-1 complex was restored, immune checkpoint therapy became much more effective against the prostate tumors.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

The findings, published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, showed that the technology improved the response of prostate tumors to immune checkpoint therapy in mice.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

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