Newly discovered immune cells block melanoma metastasis in mice and could inspire new treatments
Source: Fierce Biotech, September 2021
The lymph nodes are an important gateway in the formation of metastatic cancer, as they take in cancer cells and then spew them out into the body, where they can form new tumors in distant tissues. Now, scientists led by the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center have discovered T cells in the lymph nodes that have the power to kill melanoma cells before they can spread—a potential new target for therapeutic development.
