A double-barrelled immune cell approach for neuroblastoma
Sunday, November 2, 2008 - 15:21
in Health & Medicine
Adding an artificial tumour-specific receptor to immune system cells called T-lymphocytes that target a particular virus extended and improved the cells' ability to fight a form of childhood cancer called neuroblastoma, said researchers form Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital in a report that appears online today in the journal Nature Medicine...