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Immunotherapy for Cancer
As knowledge about the immune system grows, scientists are devising ways, using the body's own defenses, to attack cancer
Stories by Lloyd J. Old
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Tumor Necrosis Factor
First identified because of its anticancer activity, the factor is now recognized to be one of a family of proteins that orchestrate the body's remarkably complex response to injury and infection...
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Cancer Immunology
Cancer cells have "foreign" labels, yet they can escape destruction by the immune system. Efforts are being made to learn how they do so and to utilize the immune response for treatment of the disease...
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L-Asparagine and Leukemia
The cells of some leukemias need an outside supply of the amino acid L-asparagine. This means they are vulnerable to treatment with the enzyme L-asparaginase, which destroys the amino acid...
