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UT Southwestern Medical Center

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A UT Southwestern study discovered the molecular mechanism by which tumors defective in DNA mismatch repair respond to immunotherapy. This illustration depicts how cells use a programmed mismatch repair deficiency-activated system (robot) to detect and eliminate tumors (yellow cells).

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Illustration by Yipin Wu

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