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University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Cancer Treatment

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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Paul Black (left) and Concetta DiRusso have co-authored a new study that could improve the treatment of malignant tumors. Led by researchers from the Wistar Institute, the team identified a protein that maliciously rewires immune cells and impedes cancer therapies. Inhibiting that protein with a compound developed by DiRusso's lab helped slow or even reject tumors associated with four different cancers.

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Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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