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Pre-Med Listserv: Click the Hunter logo and signup for the Pre-Med ListServ. Please be advised that the listserv is for Hunter students only, and you must register with a Hunter email address.
Joining the listserv will give you up-to-date information regarding the health professions, special events, and the Pre-Health Office.
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Title: Pre-Health Discussion Forum: Boosting the immune system to fight cancer
Description: or years, the foundations of cancer treatment were surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Over the last two decades, targeted therapies are drugs that target cancer cells by homing in on specific molecular changes seen primarily in those cells have also cemented themselves as standard treatments for many cancers.
But over the past several years, immunotherapy—therapies that enlist and strengthen the power of a patient’s immune system to attack tumors—has emerged as what many in the cancer community. In 2017, two CAR T-cell therapies were approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), one for the treatment of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and the other for adults with advanced lymphomas. Nevertheless, researchers caution that, in many respects, it’s still early days for CAR T cells, including questions about whether they will ever be effective against solid tumors.
Join us for a discussion on immunotherapy, specifically CAR T Cell immunotherapy. Please review the materials below before the discussion.
https://soundcloud.com/user-330134924/how_car_t_work
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PPAP 1002—Health Careers Exploration
Zoom Virtual Meeting,
Jan 25, 2023
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PPAP 1000—STEM Study Skills for Pre-Health Students
Zoom Video Conference,
Feb 07, 2023
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PPAP 1002—Health Careers Exploration: Speech-Language Pathology
Zoom Video Conference,
Feb 07, 2023
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PPAP 1002—Health Careers Exploration: Dentistry
Zoom Video Conference,
Feb 08, 2023
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PPAP 1000—Time Management for Pre-Health Students
Zoom Video Conference,
Feb 14, 2023
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