Can we crack this cancer's immune response?
It's thought patients do not show a natural immune response to the cancer because the tumor environment somehow prevents that response.
- It's thought patients do not show a natural immune response to the cancer because the tumor environment somehow prevents that response.
- Many are unconvinced that PDAC interacts with the immune system at all.
- CSHL scientists have now confirmed that pancreatic cancer does trigger a response in our immune system.
- The idea was that the synthetic antibodies would point the team toward the new PDAC antigen behind the body's immune response .