Using 'sticky' nanoparticles, researchers develop strategy to boost body's cancer defenses
Monday, June 26, 2017 - 10:22
in Health & Medicine
After radiation treatment, dying cancer cells spit out mutated proteins into the body. Scientists now know that the immune system can detect these proteins and kill cancer in other parts of the body using these protein markers as a guide - a phenomenon that University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers are looking to harness to improve cancer treatment.