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Jan 21, 2020

Discovery of new T-cell raises prospect of ‘universal’ cancer therapy

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https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/1749599-discovery-of-new…r-therapy.


Researchers at Cardiff University have discovered a new type of killer T-cell that offers hope of a “one-size-fits-all” cancer therapy.

T-cell therapies for cancer — where immune cells are removed, modified and returned to the patient’s blood to seek and destroy cancer cells — are the latest paradigm in cancer treatments.

The most widely-used therapy, known as CAR-T, is personalised to each patient but targets only a few types of cancers and has not been successful for solid tumours, which make up the vast majority of cancers.

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