Monday, February 9, 2015

Checkpoint Inhibitors

I didn't realize that my own body has ways of fighting cancer.

T-cells attack and kill many invading cells, including cancer cells, but some cancers have a way of telling T-cells to go away.  

Doctors at Johns Hopkins University and elsewhere have developed a way to block the chemical reaction that sends the T-cells away.

Listen to this report today on NPR News:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/02/09/373292216/harnessing-the-immune-system-to-fight-cancer

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