Immunotherapy pioneer awarded

James Allison, picture from the MD Anderson Faculty Search - MD Anderson Cancer Center

Immunotherapy pioneer James P. Allison wins the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine, reported in January 2018. Capra Science Antibodies congratulates Professor James P. Allison to this well deserved award! In the words of the jury’s citation, James P. Allison was the first to demonstrate that immunotherapy can treat cancer effectively, initiating an approach that "has provided clinical benefit to many cancer patients" and "stimulated the development of a new class of drugs employing the immune system to fight cancer." His work in immunology has clearly had an impact on today’s developing cancer treatments.
Read more about James P. Allison here: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/bf-ipj013018.php