Researchers engineer a herpes virus to turn on T cells for immunotherapy

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Source: Miguelmonteiro5

Researchers have identified herpes virus saimiri, which infects the T cells of squirrel monkeys, as a source of proteins that activate pathways in T cells that are needed to promote T cell survival - a promising tool in the fight against cancer.

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