Sugar shields help immune cells infiltrate tumors' hostile microenvironment to fight cancer
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Lee Seng Lau
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Summary
Cancer is not just a mass of rogue cells but a strategically organized "gated community" with its own tumor microenvironment that can keep the body's immune defenses out or weaken them. Researchers are developing new approaches, including sugar-based shields, to help immune cells like CAR-T therapy infiltrate this hostile microenvironment and effectively fight cancer. The article explains how making immune cells more resilient can improve treatment outcomes.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledCancer behaves like a gated community. It has its own residents, rules and security systems.
To devise new treatments that can break into this neighborhood, researchers are learning how cancer
Making these cells more resilient can make treatments more effective.
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