Novel Yeast Cell Platform Promises to Expedite the Development of Immunotherapies
Researchers have developed a technological platform that leverages yeast cells to test and understand new cancer treatments under development. The use of this platform promises to significantly reduce the costs and time needed in the drug development process. Traditionally, immunotherapy treatments required several months to be tested in the lab. With this new method, the testing period could be collapsed to just a matter of days or a few weeks. The findings of this research appeared in the Nature Communications journal and feature the technology dubbed yeast surface display. The system involves using modified yeast cells to behave and respond in a similar way to the behavior and responses of immune…











