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
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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