New method probes cancer cell messengers that weaken immune system (IMAGE)
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Certain types of biochemical processes can impair the immune system’s ability to recognize and kill cancer cells. Purdue University’s W. Andy Tao and his associates have developed a new way to study these processes. They demonstrated the validity of their method in experiments involving leukemia and rare liver cancer cell lines.
Zheng Zhang, postdoctoral researcher in W. Andy Tao's Department of Biochemistry lab, loads a mass spectrometer as part of research to study cellular messengers and immune system. Zhang is first author of a new paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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