Blood sample in the laboratory (IMAGE)

Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute -

Blood sample in the laboratory

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In adoptive T-cell therapy, the patient’s own immune cells (T cells) are isolated from the blood and modified and multiplied in the laboratory in a therapy-specific manner. They are then reinfused into the patient and destroy tumor cells.

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Anna Schroll/Leibniz-HKI

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