How An Anticancer Drug Dampens The Immune System
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 08:21
in Health & Medicine
Drugs known as HDAC inhibitors, which have antitumor activity and can be used to treat some forms of skin cancer and some types of leukemia, are also known to have anti-inflammatory properties, but the mechanisms by which they modulate the immune system have not been determined.
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