Smart Proteins Make Macrophages Better Cancer-Eating Machines (VIDEO)

University of California - San Diego

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The big blue cells are macrophages and the green/yellow dots are Toledo tumor cells. Top panels: macrophages engineered with iSNAPS rapidly engulf and clear out cancer cells. Bottom panels: cancer cells get stuck on top of control macrophages.

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Wang et al. at UC San Diego

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