Antibodies could counter atherosclerosis
Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - 14:11
in Health & Medicine
Investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine have learned the signal that tumor cells display on their surfaces to protect themselves from being devoured by the immune system also plays a role in enabling atherosclerosis, the process underlying heart attacks and strokes. A biological drug capable of blocking this so-called “don’t eat me” signal […]