Published in Cell · View the paper (DOI)
An international team led by George Hajishengallis showed that training the innate immune system with β-glucan can inspire neutrophils to target tumors. The study found that trained immunity can be transferred through bone marrow transplants, leading to improved tumor-fighting ability.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Priming the immune system to attack cancer University of Pennsylvania · Oct 29, 2020 · first to report
- Cancer researchers train white blood cells to attacks tumor cells Technische Universität Dresden · Nov 6, 2020