New nanoparticles stimulate immune system, help attack tumors

Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 09:30 in Health & Medicine

One promising strategy to treat cancer is stimulating the body’s own immune system to attack tumors. However, tumors are very good at suppressing the immune system, so these types of treatments don’t work for all patients. MIT engineers have now come up with a way to boost the effectiveness of one type of cancer immunotherapy. […]

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