HONOLULU (KHON2) — A lab in Hawaiʻi is chasing a bold idea. It centers on something so small it is easy to overlook; yet it may change how cancer is treated forever. They’re called nanobodies.
Stefan Moisyadi, PhD, JABSOM researcher, has spent years studying nanobodies. These are tiny proteins that help the immune system see cancer more clearly. His work now points to a new way to fight tumors and cells with the potential to metastasize across the body.
“Antibodies won the Nobel Prize for immunotherapy,” Moisyadi said. “They work in some cancers, but not all. In colorectal cancer, they hardly work at all; but when we used nanobodies, bingo, it worked. It helps the body’s natural immune system understand how to destroy these cells and tumors”…