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Driving T-cell immunotherapy to solid tumors

T cell receptor (TCR) gene therapy can target the immune system to solid tumors in ways CAR-T cells can't match, but the field is still looking for a clear success. Ken Garber reports.

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Figure 1: Dueling T-cell receptors.

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Garber, K. Driving T-cell immunotherapy to solid tumors. Nat Biotechnol 36, 215–219 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.4090

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