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Strengthening CAR-T therapy to work against solid tumors - EurekAlert


<strong>Researchers at the </strong>National Cancer Institute-designated Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) have shown that a breakthrough therapy for treating blood cancers can be adapted to treat solid tumors&mdash;an advance that could transform cancer treatment. The promising findings, reported today in <em>Science Advances</em>, involve CAR-T cell therapy, which supercharges the immune system to identify and attack cancer cells.

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