Author: Exuperist / Source: Neatorama
A new discovery has given hope that melanoma cells can be monitored by memory T cells and effectively “put the cancer to sleep.” The researchers say that the cancer cells would not be destroyed but they are simply patrolled by the T cells so as to restrict activity and reproduction.
In research published on Tuesday in the prestigious Nature journal, researchers from Melbourne’s Peter Doherty Institute and Telethon Kids Institute revealed they had discovered that the T cells had the ability to halt the…
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