Nanosize device 'uncloaks' cancer cells in mice and reveals them to the immune system

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Grantee News
March 2, 2020

Scientists report they have designed and successfully tested an experimental, super small package able to deliver molecular signals that tag implanted human cancer cells in mice and make them visible for destruction by the animals' immune systems. The new method was developed, say the researchers, to deliver an immune system 'uncloaking' device directly to cancer cells. Read more from the Johns Hopkins Newsroom.