November 12, 2004
Teaching the Body to Kill Cancer
Researchers work on vaccines to fend off tumorsList: Showing scientists' strategies to harness the immune system to fight cancerBy LILA GUTERMAN
The human immune system is acutely sensitive to the body's enemies. Unperturbed by native cells, immune fighters roar into action when viruses or other foreigners infiltrate the body.
Unfortunately for many people, the immune system has difficulty telling friend from foe when confronted with cancer. Tumor cells so closely
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