# Camellia W. Adams — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Camellia W. Adams has 2 landmark patents explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Antibodies Can Force Cancer Cells to Self-Destruct](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/7807153/avastin-chemotherapy) — granted 2010
  Genentech's patent on specific antibodies that bind to the Apo-2 receptor to trigger programmed cell death in cancer cells.
- [How Engineered Antibodies Target TGF-beta Proteins to Fight Cancer](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/7527791/ipilimumab-yervoy) — granted 2009
  This patent describes specific engineered antibodies, made from mouse and human parts, designed to block TGF-beta proteins to help treat various cancers like breast or lung cancer.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/camellia-w-adams

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