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Study Could Lead To Novel Therapy For Cancer

In a study published in Nature Medicine, Loyola researchers report on a promising new technique that potentially could turn Immune System killer T cells into more effective weapons against infections and possibly Cancer. The technique involves delivering DNA into the immune system's instructor cells. The DNA directs these cells to overproduce a specific protein that jumpstarts important killer T cells. These killer cells are typically repressed in patients who have HIV or cancer, said José A. Guevara-Patino, MD, PhD, senior author of the study... read more..

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