His immune system eradicated his melanoma. Could other patients’ bodies be taught to do the same thing?

Source: Fred Hutch, June 2018

Chris Pope blends easily into the lunchtime crowd, just another person enjoying a sandwich while a cold Northwest drizzle spatters the brewpub windows. His firm handshake and direct demeanor hint at his work as a salesman and a neat gray goatee frames his easy smile.

You’d never guess that in his blood are hiding certain immune cells that have launched the development of a new high-tech strategy for treating cancer.

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