Injection Helps Immune System Fight Cancer
A recent study in mice describes a new way to incite these attacks by injecting an immune-stimulating mixture directly into tumours. The shots trigger the animal’s immune system to eliminate not only the injected tumours but also other tumours in their bodies. “This is a very important study,” says immunologist Keith Knutson of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, who wasn’t connected to the research. “It provides a good pretext for going into humans.”