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Histology image of a patient whose metastatic cancer went into complete remission after receiving a new immunotherapy treatment (Ravetch lab) Over the past 20 years, a class of cancer drugs called CD40 agonist antibodies have shown great promise—and induced great disappointment. While effective at activating the immune system to kill cancer cells in animal models, the drugs had limited impact …

In a surprising and hopeful turn of events, a 40-year-old father is living his best life in his second innings, after he was diagnosed with terminal glioblastoma in 2023. In fact, three years later, he is not only healthy and thriving, but his brain cancer has completely ‘vanished’!How?Read on to know more. What happened? In October 2022, 40-year-old Ben Trotman …