Releasing an immune system brake could help patients with rare but fatal brain infection

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 20:30 in Health & Medicine

The anti-cancer drug pembrolizumab has shown promise in slowing or stopping the progression of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a typically fatal infection of the brain caused by the JC virus (JCV).

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