• T cells are the immune system component most involved in directly killing cancer and are thus often leveraged for immunotherapy. (IMAGE)

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

• T cells are the immune system component most involved in directly killing cancer and are thus often leveraged for immunotherapy.

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(L to R) Co-first authors Peipei Zhou, Ph.D., Hao Shi, Ph.D. and corresponding author Hongbo Chi, Ph.D., all of the St. Jude Department of Immunology.

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