Tumor cells evade the immune system early on:
<p><strong>Tumors actively prevent the formation of immune responses by so-called cytotoxic T cells, which are essential in combating cancer. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit&auml;t M&uuml;nchen (LMU) Hospital have now uncovered for the first time how this exactly happens. The study in the journal &quot;Nature&quot; provides rationales for new cancer immunotherapies and could make existing treatments more eff...
Paul Hellmich Sebastian Kobold D Dangaj Laniti R Bou Mjahed German Research Foundation University Hospital Of Lausanne
Source: eurekalert.org