How aging, immunity and cancer are related is incompletely understood. Data now show altered differentiation and loss of function of tumor-infiltrating T cells with aging. So-called TTAD cells seem to be involved.
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Wilson, J.E., Nikolich, J.Ž. Nurture over nature for old antitumor T cells. Nat Immunol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-024-01853-6
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