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An international team of researchers believes it has made an important discovery about the genetics of cancer tumours that they say could offer a new way to deliver customized cancer-killing therapies.
The team said their research, published in the journal Science, would help to fine-tune the way existing immunotherapy drugs are used on the most complex cancers, such as melanoma and lung cancer.
Immunotherapy — currently one of the most promising areas of cancer research — uses specific proteins to try to stimulate the body’s immune system to recognize tumours as “foreign agents.” The immune system then goes after these tumours, destroying them while leaving healthy cells alone.
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