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However, only a fraction of patients respond to immunotherapy because cancer cells can \u201ccorrupt\u201d cells that ultimately block the immune response.<br><br>Dr. Fior has developed the zebrafish Patient Derived Xenograft-zAvatar model to perform rapid <em>in vivo<\/em> screens for personalized anti-cancer therapies. This model, she found, can also be used to unravel cancer-immune interactions, and allowed for the opportunity to use the zAvatar model to find new molecules that can boost the immune system\u2019s ability to eliminate tumors. Dr. Fior\u2019s aim is to discover new therapies that can revert this corruption process and induce tumor rejection. She\u2019s focusing specifically on breast and colorectal cancer, cancers regarded as difficult to treat with immunotherapy. The rationale is that these new therapies combined with checkpoint immunotherapies will be able to fully activate the immune response, increasing immunotherapy response rates for more patients, and potentially turning immunotherapy into a life-saving reality for these patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Projects and Grants<br><strong>A new discovery platform to find innate immune modulators for cancer immunotherapy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | All Cancers | 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Rita Leonor Fior is utilizing a novel \u201czAvatar\u201d model to improve our understanding of cancer-immune interactions and discover new therapies for patients. 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