Illustration of Tumor Cells and Immune Cells (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Illustration of Tumor Cells and Immune Cells

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Left: Cancer manipulates your immune system to support tumor growth by sending signals to your immune cells to turn off. Right: The UT team's treatment degrades that signal and allows your immune system to fight the cancer.

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Norah Ashoura Graduate student Molecular Biology College of Natural Sciences, UT.

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