Dendritic cell therapy with improved outcome in glioma multiforme-a case report

Malignant gliomas are the most devastating tumors in clinical practice and nave poorest survival, Immunological treatment of such patients may likely increase the survival and quality of life. Dendritic cells （DCs）, most potent antigen presenting cells in combination with oral chemotherapeutic agents may be tried for patients giving consent to such treatment. We have successfully combined the two therapies in an adult male patient who was on downhill course after being operated on once with post operation chemotherapy and radiotherapy for glioma in the left parietal area. He received five dendritic cell therapy vaccines in combination with oral chemotherapy and responded dramatically having near normal quality of life for an additional five months with this regime, increasing the survival after operation to 11 months. This therapy is continuing with radiological betterment of the lesion. The DCs are matured with antigen extracted from wax embedded tissue at 6th day of culture. We feel that the treatment can be given to more number of patients to establish its efficacy for the dreaded cancer glioblastoma multiforme.     

致力于发展的开放远程教育

本文从促进人类发展的角度探讨了农村和落后地区推广远程教育的意义。文章首先分析了人类发展面临的种种挑战、促进社会发展的原因,接着分析了教育与发展的关系,指出开放远程教育是促进发展的一个重要选择。文章最后阐述了开放远程教育在促进发展过程中存在一些问题,取得成功的实践(如社区多媒体中心和空中学校项目等),以及为取得成功需考虑的一些因素。