Immune cell research identifies potential new target for treating cancer and autoimmune disease

Immune cell research identifies potential new target for treating cancer and autoimmune disease

Source: Medical Xpress

In a study of the immune systems of mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have found a new role for a protein, QRICH1, which could become a target for drugs to dial up or down the activation of T cells to fight cancers and autoimmune diseases.

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