Wasn't this already known, or at least suspected? I thought the bigger unknown was how to activate the T-cells, since tumor cells are very good at masking like normal tissue. The article lightly touches on that (when talking about the process of T-cell self-activation), but it still doesn't specify on how to control that targeting.
So I'm not sure how the research matches the headline. What's the link that I'm missing? Yes, T-cells can activate themselves, which has implications both for tumors and for auto-immune diseases (which was the first thought that came to me while reading), but this research does not actually bring us closer to weaponizing them?
So I'm not sure how the research matches the headline. What's the link that I'm missing? Yes, T-cells can activate themselves, which has implications both for tumors and for auto-immune diseases (which was the first thought that came to me while reading), but this research does not actually bring us closer to weaponizing them?