Th17 cells summon an immune system strike against cancer

Friday, October 30, 2009 - 05:07 in Health & Medicine

A specific type of T helper cell awakens the immune system to the stealthy threat of cancer and triggers an attack of killer T cells custom-made to destroy the tumours, scientists from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Centre report in the early online edition of the journal Immunity...

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