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Using NK Cells to Target PC Moving to Clinical Stages

November 9, 2019 By Norm Dooley

Immunotherapy, harnessing our immune system, to fight prostate cancer is a rapidly developing approach to treating advanced cancer. This update from the US Prostate Cancer Foundation outlines recent efforts to use a type of immune system cell called “natural killer cells” or “NK” cells to specifically target cancer cells anywhere within the body.

Read further  https://www.pcf.org/news/natural-killer-cells-for-prostate-cancer-immunotherapy/?utm_source=PCFlist&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2019EOYE6e

 

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