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Invite the Right T Cells To Your Tumor cancer t cells tumor

Cancer therapy has long required chemotherapy, also known as targeted poisons, in order to overcome the death sentences of cancer.  Chemotherapy is meant to kill the faster growing tumor cells before it causes too much harm to the patient.  In recent years, much excitement has grown...

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Patrolling Tumor T Cells t cells tumor

When looking at tumor inside a person’s body, far more is occurring under the surface than is easily seen by the untrained eye, even at the cellular level.  While the prior blog considered how T cells are hindered by oxidized fats in the tumor, this work by Torcellan et al sought to...

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Killer T Cells Get Fat and Lazy immune system t cells

Were it not for our immune system surveillance, we would all succumb to cancer at a young age.  Our immune system not only patrols for invaders from without, but for rogue cells from within that could go cancerous.  Our immune system must recognize and destroy these rogue cells before...

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