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Helper T Cell Guides Killer Cells to Cancer

Caption: Cancer manages to suppress or elude the body's immune system to survive and grow. Scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center show this week in the journal Immunity how the helper T cell Th17 awakens the immune system to attack cancer. Senior author Chen Dong discusses the findings and their potential application for patients.

Credit: M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

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