Friday, April 5, 2019

Cancer exports molecular 'saboteurs' to remotely disarm immune system

Immunotherapy drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized cancer treatment: many patients with malignancies that until recently would have been considered untreatable are experiencing long-term remissions. Now, researchers have identified a surprising phenomenon that may explain why many cancers don't respond to these drugs, and hints at new strategies to unleash the immune system against disease.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2I0Sxiy

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