Scientists discover how to make myeloid cells kill pancreatic tumors

Why not end the year on a positive development? If you weren’t aware, Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly and difficult-to-treat forms of cancer. It often does not respond to conventional immunotherapy, which uses the body’s T cells to attack the tumor. T cells are a type of white blood cell that can recognize and kill cancer cells. However, some cancers have ways of evading or suppressing the T cells, making them ineffective.

But now, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have found a new way of fighting pancreatic cancer by activating a different type of immune cell: the…