Scientists create a renewable source of cancer-fighting T cells

Friday, January 18, 2019 - 09:40 in Physics & Chemistry

A study by UCLA researchers is the first to demonstrate a technique for coaxing pluripotent stem cells — which can give rise to every cell type in the body and which can be grown indefinitely in the lab — into becoming mature T cells capable of killing tumor cells. The technique uses structures called artificial thymic […]

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