Jenny PY Ting, PhD (IMAGE) UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Caption “Although activating the immune system to control malignant tumors has revolutionized cancer treatment, a sizable portion of patients do not respond to immunotherapy treatments. However, new drugs that target STING have been a high priority for pharmaceutical development yet clinical trials have revealed significant tumor resistance to STING-directed drugs,” said UNC Lineberger’s Jenny PY Ting, PhD, the William R. Kenan Professor of Genetics and professor of microbiology and immunology at the UNC School of Medicine Credit UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Usage Restrictions None License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.