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Wistar scientists discover new immunosuppressive mechanism in brain cancer - EurekAlert


The Wistar Institute's Filippo Veglia, Ph.D., has discovered a key mechanism of how glioblastoma — a serious and often fatal brain cancer — suppresses the immune system so that the tumor can grow unimpeded by the body’s defenses.

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