{"605387":{"#nid":"605387","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Killing Cancer by Remote Control","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA remote command could one day send immune cells on a rampage against a malignant tumor. The ability to mobilize, from outside the body, targeted cancer immunotherapy inside the body has taken a step closer to becoming reality.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPetit Institute researcher Gabe Kwong and his research team of bioengineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have installed a heat-sensitive switch into T-cells that can activate them when heat turns on the switch. The method, tested in mice and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acssynbio.7b00455\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Epublished in a new study\u003C\/a\u003E, is locally targeted and could someday help turn immunotherapy into a precision instrument in the fight against cancer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EImmunotherapy has made headlines with high-profile successes, like saving former U.S. President Jimmy Carter from brain cancer. But the treatment, which activates the body\u0026rsquo;s own immune system against cancer and other diseases, has also proved to be hit-or-miss.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKwong says this study is a step closer to making T-cell therapies more effective.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo read the entire story from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Research Horizons, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/news\/605259\/remote-control-shoots-laser-nano-gold-turn-cancer-killing-immune-cells\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"A near-infrared light, similar to that of a TV remote, combines with gold nano-particles to flip a gene switch in T-cells"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA near-infrared light, similar to that of a TV remote, combines with gold nano-particles to flip a gene switch in T-cells\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A near-infrared light, similar to that of a TV remote, combines with gold nano-particles to flip a gene switch in T-cells"}],"uid":"28153","created_gmt":"2018-04-20 19:39:51","changed_gmt":"2018-04-20 19:40:51","author":"Jerry Grillo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"605304":{"id":"605304","type":"image","title":"T-cells attack cancer cell, Getty Images","body":null,"created":"1524157695","gmt_created":"2018-04-19 17:08:15","changed":"1524157695","gmt_changed":"2018-04-19 17:08:15","alt":"","file":{"fid":"230789","name":"T-cellsCancer.s.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/T-cellsCancer.s.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/T-cellsCancer.s.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5797156,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/T-cellsCancer.s.jpg?itok=w3ys-hwO"}}},"media_ids":["605304"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"126571","name":"go-PetitInstitute"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}