04-10-2023, 07:07 PM
- Peer-reviewed study provides ‘new strategies’ to enhance immunotherapy treatments based on the immune system’s natural killers
- The researchers say they have identified why some cells lose their ability to detect and fight off tumours, and how to fix it
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Researchers in China have a published a study which they say opens up new strategies to boost the body’s first line of defence against cancer and other diseases.
While the immune system’s natural killer (NK) cells can recognise and kill tumours and virus-infected cells at a very early stage, most advanced-stage tumorous cells somehow manage to avoid detection.
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