Leukemia treatment extends to solid tumors

Tel Aviv University scientists have engineered the successful Israel-invented CAR-T cell therapy (see here) to also treat other cancers. They discovered a subset of immune system T cells (known as CD4+ T cells) will attract antibodies on solid tumors and destroy them.

https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/Israeli-blood-cancer-treatment-could-also-kill-solid-tumors-new-study-603934

https://www.israel21c.org/engineered-t-cells-could-assassinate-solid-tumor-cells/

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