UNC researcher aims to 'unmask' cancer cells to trigger body's immune system
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 19:35
in Health & Medicine
Cancer cells are deadly traitors, good cells gone bad. They evade the body's defense systems, passing themselves off as organisms that pose no threat.
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