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Re:A cancer trial’s unexpected result: Remission in every pa... by adamredwoods on Sunday June 05, 2022 @01:12PM (#31632865)
Cancer cells express proteins that communicate with lymphocytes (white blood cells) to block apoptosis (cell death).

We can't target the cancer cells, so we tweak the lymphocytes to block PD-1 receptors, thus ignoring ALL cells that express a lot of PD-L! protein.

This unfortunately includes healthy cells.

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