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Immunotherapy -; drug treatment that stimulates the immune system to attack tumors -; works well against some types of cancer, but it has shown mixed success against lung cancer.
MIT researchers discovered why the immune system mounts such a lackluster response to lung cancer, even after treatment with immunotherapy drugs: Bacteria naturally found in the lungs help create an environment that suppresses T-cell activation in the lymph nodes near the lungs.
The human body has millions of unique B and T cells that roam the body, looking for microbial invaders. These immune cells’ ability to recognize harmful
MIT biological engineers have devised a new experimental tool that allows them to precisely pick out interactions between a particular B or T cell and its target antigen.