Depletion of 'Traitor' Immune Cells Slows Cancer Growth in Mice

Monday, September 16, 2013 - 16:00 in Health & Medicine

Scientists at the University of Washington have developed a strategy to slow tumor growth and prolong survival in mice with cancer by targeting and destroying a type of cell that dampens the body's immune response to cancer. The researchers published their findings the week of Sept. 16 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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