Michail Sitkovsky Professor and Eleanor W. Black Chair of Immunophysiology and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology m.sitkovsky@neu.edu 617.373.4157 Expertise Michail Sitkovsky in the Press NBC News Could oxygen make cancer therapy work better? “I was looking to solve the problem of existence of tumors and anti-tumor killer cells in the same patient,” said Michail Sitkovsky of Northeastern University in Boston, who led the study. Most people do produce immune system cells that can kill tumors, and most cancer experts believe they actually do a good job of it, […] Michail Sitkovsky for Northeastern Global News Northeastern researchers find inhaling supplemental oxygen can awaken anti-tumor cells Northeastern researchers find inhaling supplemental oxygen can awaken anti-tumor cells Immunophysiology researcher Michail Sitkovsky and his colleagues have found that supplemental oxygenation could dramatically increase the survival rate of patients with cancer. The breakthrough findings were published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine. The brakes of inflammation The brakes of inflammation Professor Michail Sitkovsky’s literature review in the New England Journal of Medicine examines the vast body of research that followed his team’s groundbreaking discovery about the inner workings of the immune system.
NBC News Could oxygen make cancer therapy work better? “I was looking to solve the problem of existence of tumors and anti-tumor killer cells in the same patient,” said Michail Sitkovsky of Northeastern University in Boston, who led the study. Most people do produce immune system cells that can kill tumors, and most cancer experts believe they actually do a good job of it, […]