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How tumor stiffness alters immune cell behavior to escape destruction - EurekAlert


Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys, with colleagues, illuminate how the fibrotic tumor microenvironment creates an inhospitable milieu for anti-tumor immunity, not simply through a stiffened physical barrier but through metabolic changes that suppress the anti-tumor function of immune cells..

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