Immune System Strengthened Against Cancer

Th17 Cells Summon an Immune System Strike Against Cancer

Helper T cell's effect raises possibility of cellular therapy, vaccine development

A specific type of T helper cell awakens the immune system to the stealthy threat of cancer and triggers an attack of killer T cells custom-made to destroy the tumors, scientists from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the early online edition of the journal Immunity.

The role of Th17, one of only four known types of T helper cell, opens a possible avenue for overcoming cancer's ability to suppress or hide from the body's immune system, said senior author Chen Dong, Ph.D., professor in M. D. Anderson's Department of Immunology. Dong and colleagues found that Th17 stifled development of metastatic melanoma tumors in the lungs of mice.

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• md anderson
• chen dong
• th17
• immune system
• metastatic melanoma
• research
• cancer
• lung cancer
• cellular therapy

[1atinboy]

I sure hope you guys are right about this.. because this could be a turning point in the battle against cancer.

For the sake of many.. I wish you the best of luck with research.