Mechanism for more efficient cancer treatment decoded

Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 07:00 in Health & Medicine

(Medical Xpress) -- A research team from the Institute for Cancer Research at the MedUni Vienna has decoded a previously unknown mechanism of the active ingredient imiquimod in tumour defence. They have been able to prove that imiquimod transforms plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) into “tumour-killers” which can fight the tumour independently from other immune cells. This discovery could be an important step on the way to a more efficient treatment for cancer.

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