Ludwig Cancer Research study shows how certain macrophages dampen anti-tumor immunity
E-Mail IMAGE: Ludwig Memorial Sloan Kettering's investigators Taha Merghoub, Jedd Wolchok and assistant attending physician Andrew Chow. view more Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research JUNE 10, 2021, NEW YORK - A Ludwig Cancer Research study adds to growing evidence that immune cells known as macrophages inhabiting the body cavities that house our vital organs can aid tumor growth by distracting the immune system's cancer-killing CD8+ T cells. Reported in the current issue of Cancer Cell and led by Ludwig investigators Taha Merghoub and Jedd Wolchok at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) and C...