therapy

Patients may require a combination therapy regime, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and immunotherapy, among others.

Even though HIV can be managed effectively throughout the world with antiretroviral therapy, or ART, the disease still doesn't have an accessible cure.

It also gives ideas for engineering new immune-cell-based therapies in the laboratory for fighting diseases such as a cancer.

"Synthetic tissues could have endless medical applications, ranging from testing potential drugs or therapies to providing grafts or transplants for patients."

The results are relevant for the development of novel skin cancer therapies, particularly in the field of immunotherapy.