Cardiff University professor Awen Gallimore and her team are investigating how we can help our immune systems recognise and destroy breast cancer. Here, she explains more about her pioneering work which she hopes will help lead to more effective treatments for the disease.
Over the past two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has prompted much focus on the importance of immunity from disease. But what is the immune system and how can we harness its powers to fight not just coronavirus, but cancer too?
The immune system protects our body against illness, infection and disease and it can also protect us from cancer developing. However, breast cancer cells can develop sneaky ways of hiding from our immune system, which is why I'm working to find new ways to help it find and destroy cancer cells.
