Cancer immunotherapy using virus particles
AssigneesCase Western Reserve University, Trustees of Dartmouth College
InventorsNicole F. Steinmetz, Amy M. Wen, Steven Fiering, Patrick H. Lizotte
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Abstract
A method of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof includes administering in situ to the cancer a therapeutically effective amount of a virus or virus-like particle.
Claims8
A placement device for direct application of a pharmaceutical composition to a cancer in a subject in need thereof, the placement device containing said pharmaceutical composition, wherein said pharmaceutical composition comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a therapeutically effective amount of an in situ vaccine that comprises 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.
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