Single antibody shrinks variety of human tumors transplanted into mice, study shows
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 20:30
in Health & Medicine
Human tumors transplanted into laboratory mice disappeared or shrank when scientists treated the animals with a single antibody, according to a new study. The antibody works by masking a protein flag on cancer cells that protects them from macrophages and other cells in the immune system. The scientists achieved the findings with human breast, ovarian, colon, bladder, brain, liver and prostate cancer samples.