Holiday Wishes to you All !! Melanoma..Jim Breitfeller

I would like to wish each and every one of my carepage friends the warmest and deepest greetings this Holiday Season. We been through a lot and with the comfort of family and friends we can beat the Beast Melanoma.

It has been truely a renewed emergence in Melanoma therapy this past year with TWO therapies being FDA approved that extends survival for us Melanoma patients. At this time of the Season, please relect on the Worriors that are no longer with us, but made this all possible by offering their life to the progress of science.

They truely have shown us the gift of giving.

They truely are my/our HEROS!!!

We will miss them dearly.

Happy Holidays




“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

~Charles Darwin~

Take Care,

Jimmy B

'Pep talk' can revive exhausted immune cells: Study..Melanoma..Jim Breitfeller

'Pep talk' can revive exhausted immune cells: Study
Published: Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011, 14:33 IST
Place: Washington, DC | Agency: IANS

'Pep talk' can revive exhausted immune cells



Exhaused immune cells can be revived by blocking the receptors PD-1 on the The CD8+ T-cells. By reviving the immune cells (CD8+), one can jump start the immune system and may be able to recognize the Melanoma tumors. There are now a number of clinical trials with this therapy in mind.




“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

~Charles Darwin~

Take Care,

Jimmy B

Lloyd J. Old, Champion of Using Cells to Fight Cancer, Dies at 78..Melanoma..Jim Breitfeller

Lloyd J. Old, Champion of Using Cells to Fight Cancer, Dies at 78

My theory on how the immune system works on Melanoma had it's starts with papers from Dr. Lloyd Old.

Lloyd J. Old, Champion of Using Cells to Fight Cancer




“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

~Charles Darwin~
Take Care,

Jimmy B