University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Tyler Curiel, MD, MPH

August 17, 2019

Tyler Curiel, MD, MPHUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Improving B7-H1 blockade to treat ovarian cancer Immunotherapy theoretically should be effective for ovarian cancer but only has modest effects because of ovarian cancer-related immune dysfunction. Dr. Curiel will use a well-established pre-clinical mouse model to test rationally designed combinations of agents that […]

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Steffan Nawrocki, PhD

August 17, 2019

Steffan Nawrocki, PhDUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio A new strategy to overcome drug resistance in ovarian cancer Platinum-based chemotherapy is prevalently used for the treatment of ovarian cancer. The prognosis for patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer is extremely poor, and new treatments for this disease are urgently needed. Dr. Nawrocki‘s preliminary […]

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