Saito Humanized Mouse Visual Abstract (IMAGE)
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Currently developed cancer immunotherapies modify the interaction of cancer cells and the immune system, making drug testing targeting human cancer outside of clinical trials difficult. Kobe University immuno-oncologist SAITO Yasuyuki and his team developed a mouse model with a humanized immune system. With this they successfully tested a new therapeutic approach in which immune cells that protect cancer cells get activated to attack them, by disabling the immune cells’ recognition system for cells belonging to the own body.
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SAITO Yasuyuki (Illustration created with BioRender.com)
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