Clinical Trials: Immunotoxins and Mesothelioma

Key Takeaways Immunotoxins are immune cells that have been chemically bound to toxic compounds and programmed to target and kill specific cancer cells — in this case, mesothelioma cells — without affecting healthy cells the way chemotherapy does. Immunotoxins target mesothelioma through mesothelin, a surface protein that is highly elevated on mesothelioma cells but present […]