Is cancer immunology a new field?
Dr. William B. Coley (1862-1936), a cancer surgeon and the father of CRI founder Helen Coley Nauts. Through his clinical experiments, he discovered that “killed” bacteria, which are the basis of many modern-day immunizations, stimulated the immune system to attack cancer cells. The roots of immunotherapy stretch to 1778, when English physician Edward Jenner developed a smallpox vaccine.
