By Nina Bai, Stanford Medicine – SciTechDaily –
Stanford Medicine researchers and colleagues found a way to make natural killer cells better at attacking cancer. In mice, the enhanced cells entered solid tumors and slowed their growth.
One of the biggest successes of modern cancer treatment has been learning how to turn the immune system into a weapon. But that strategy has worked far better against cancers of the blood than against solid tumors, which can behave like fortified strongholds — keeping immune cells out while releasing signals that blunt the attack of those that get inside.
