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Immunotherapy In Essence The same immunotherapy drug, at the same dose, for the same diagnosis, can cure one patient and do almost nothing for another. The difference may come down to a few microns of tissue standing between the drug and its target. Immunotherapy has been a rising treatment to cancer for decades: fundamentally, it trains the body to help recognize and attack cancer cells. According to the American Institute for Cancer Research, immunotherapy is now recognize

Marine Microbes and the Search for New Medicines Early in the morning on a tropical reef, the ocean floor is full of life. Corals form hard, stony structures, and algae grow with thick, tough bodies. But among them are organisms that appear almost defenseless, thin filaments rising from the seafloor and waving in the currents. These delicate strands are marine cyanobacteria. They look fragile compared with the other life forms on the reef. As marine natural products, Distin