leonidasplatan1.bsky.social
Director of the Lurie Cancer Center @luriecancer.bsky.social of Northwestern University. Medical oncologist and cancer researcher. Views & opinions here are my own.
👤 Joined on 12 November 2024
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@leonidasplatan1.bsky.socialFuture Panc CA treatment… Pancreatic cancer is immunologically cold and nonresponsive to checkpoint inhibitors @leonidasplatan1.bsky.social & team have shown immune activation correlating with tumor effects after disrupting Schlafen5 (an intracellular immune checkpoint). @drjunejd.bsky.social
Show PostPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is notoriously resistant to current immunotherapies Here, Leonidas C. Platanias & team show Slfn5 is a target & modulator of Type I IFN responses that promotes an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in models of PDAC: doi.org/10.1172/jci....
Show PostA child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody. This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer. Not one dime for this cruelty. www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Show PostOigan, my fellow gringos: you hate your president, rightfully so, but still take Presidents’ Day off? If you really want to protest, go to work. You left us hanging just because we actually have to work today!
Show PostMerry Christmas from me and my three amazing kids. 🎄🎅🏻💙🇺🇸
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