Often-overlooked Natural Killer cells may be key to cancer immunotherapy

Monday, September 10, 2018 - 15:30 in Health & Medicine

Immune checkpoint inhibitors are revolutionizing the treatment of cancer, but new research challenges the central dogma of how these drugs work. This research shows for the first time that often-overlooked immune cells called Natural Killer (NK) cells play a crucial role in responding to checkpoint inhibitors.

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