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A fight for life that united a field

Nature volume 478, pages 163–164 (2011)Cite this article

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Nobel-prizewinner Ralph Steinman tried to beat his cancer with vaccines based on the dendritic cells he discovered.

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Gravitz, L. A fight for life that united a field. Nature 478, 163–164 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/478163a

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