Gut microbiome directs the immune system to fight cancer

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 08:20 in Health & Medicine

The advent of immune checkpoint inhibitors–which “release the brakes” of the body’s immune system to launch an efficient tumor attack–are a major breakthrough in cancer immunotherapy. However, these treatments don’t work for everybody and are often associated with significant side effects. The ability to stratify patients based on potential response to immune checkpoint inhibitors could […]

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