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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Cairo - Hazem Bader

Scientists Identify Potential Drug Combination to Eliminate Cancer with ‘Killer Cells

A researcher works in a lab run by Moderna Inc. (Reuters)

Most skin cancer drugs that activate the immune system work by triggering immune cells, called T-cells, to attack tumors, but when T-cells are activated for too long, they can wear out and cease to function.

In a new study led by Penn State College of Medicine, scientists found that another type of immune cell — natural killer cells — can be harnessed to pick up the slack when T-cells no longer work.

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