Immune-cell booster for cancer patients

Cancer patients might one day benefit from being administered immune cells from healthy donors. But as things stand, receiving donor cells can cause severe or even fatal immune reactions. A researcher at ETH Zurich has now developed a technology that avoids these.

Five immune cells fight cancer cells.
The higher the number of immune cells (turquoise) that fight cancer cells (center), the greater the chance of tumour eradication. This is why scientists are looking for ways to administer additional immune cells to cancer patients. (Visualisations: Science Photo Library)

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