Immunology bond supporters to submit signatures for November ballot
The $8.4 billion bond is meant to research cures for cancer.
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Supporters Submit Signatures to Qualify Historic Immunology Bond for California’s November 2026 Ballot
Today, supporters of the California Immunology Research & Cures Initiative announced they have submitted over 900,000 signatures to qualify the measure for the November 2026 statewide ballot. This $8.4 billion bond will fund California-based nonprofit universities and research institutions to conduct immunology research to develop cutting-edge immunotherapies to prevent and cure debilitating diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, and heart disease in our lifetime.
State ballot proposal would approve $8.4 billion in bonds to fund medical research
California nonprofits are working to put an initiative funding immunology research on the November ballot.
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FDA Approves Adding Durvalumab Immunotherapy to Prevent Stomach and Esophageal Cancer Recurrence
A clinical trial led by researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has demonstrated a powerful new approach to help prevent cancer from coming back after treatment for stomach cancer, cancer of the lower portion of the esophagus, and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer.
Therapy reawakens immune system to fight pancreatic cancer
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Immune system breakthrough wins Nobel medicine prize for US, Japan scientists
American scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for work shedding light on how the immune system spares healthy cells, creating openings for possible new autoimmune disease and cancer treatments.
Experimental cancer drugs found to help some patients avoid surgery
Patients with some gastrointestinal tumors were able to be treated with immunotherapy drugs alone and avoid surgery, chemotherapy or radiation, the Memorial Sloan Kettering study found.
Medicine Spares Cancer Patients From Grisly Surgeries and Harsh Therapies
For a limited group of cancer patients who have solid tumors in the stomach, rectum, esophagus and other organs, an immunotherapy trial offered stunning results.