 WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 1429H - 2009G
KING FAISAL INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
for
Medicine
Riyadh, Monday 29 Muharram 1430H
occurring 26 January 2009G, HRH Prince Khalid Alfaisal, Director of
The King Faisal Foundation, tonight announced the winners of the King Faisal International Prize.
The King Faisal International Prize for Medicine (Molecular Targeted Therapy) for the year 1429H - 2009G has been awarded to:
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Chief, Division of Oncology, Department of medicine, Stanford University Medical School, USA
CURRICULUM VITAE |
Professor Levy has been
recognized for his pioneering studies in Cancer
Immunotherapy. Almost 30 years ago he developed antibodies
that could distinguish between malignant and benign tumor
cells. This created a tool for diagnosis and therapy. He
showed in 1980 that monoclonal antibodies against a
tumor-associated antigen could be employed to treat patients
with B cell lymphoma. Many of these patients responded well
to the treatment. Professor Levy generated a humanized
monoclonal antibody against a specific protein expressed on
B cell. In the last 11 years the drug he discovered has been
used to treat a large number of lymphoma patients with
remarkable remission and survival results.
In his more recent work
professor Levy has used the patient’s immune system to mount
immune responses against the patient’s own cancer cells. The
ability of a patient to elicit immune responses against
his/her own tumor cells by vaccinating the patient against
the malignancy is likely to become a more effective way for
longer lasting and more efficient therapy.
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