Description of Research Expertise
Dr. Andrea Facciabene’s laboratory is focused on cancer immunotherapy and the investigation of the network of immune responses to tumors, combining basic research and clinical investigation. The Facciabene Lab goals are to advance understanding of tumor immunology and to use the new findings to develop efficacious new therapies. Our basic research includes the development of two new vaccination strategies: one uses mitochondria isolated from tumors, the other utilizes new tumor vasculature antigen. We also study regulation of anticancer immune response by the gut microbiota. Our clinic research includes the development of new preclinical immunotherapies.