Cancer immunotherapy using virus particles
AssigneeCase Western Reserve University
InventorsNicole F. Steinmetz, Amy M. Wen, Steven Fiering, Patrick H. Lizotte
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Abstract
A method of treating cancer in a subject that includes administering in situ to the cancer a therapeutically effective amount of a plant virus or virus-like particle to the subject.
Claims17
A method of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering directly to the cancer a therapeutically effective amount of an in situ vaccine, the in situ vaccine comprising at least one of cowpea mosaic virus or cowpea mosaic virus-like particles, wherein the cowpea mosaic virus and cowpea mosaic virus-like particles are not used as a vehicle for drug or antigen delivery, and wherein the subject is a non-human animal.
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