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Jul 3, 2018

Drug gets body cells to ‘eat’ cancer

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, engineering

Scientists have designed a special type of drug that helps the body eat and destroy cancerous cells.

The treatment boosts the action of white blood cells, called macrophages, that the immune system uses to gobble up unwanted invaders.

Tests in mice showed the therapy worked for aggressive breast and skin tumours, Nature Biomedical Engineering journal reports.

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