Scientists advance creation of 'artificial lymph node' to fight cancer, other diseases
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
In a proof-of-principle study in mice, scientists report the creation of a specialized gel that acts like a lymph node to successfully activate and multiply cancer-fighting immune system T-cells. The work puts scientists a step closer, they say, to injecting such artificial lymph nodes into people and sparking T-cells to fight disease.