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Ingolstadt [Germany], August 21 (ANI): A recent study emphasises the potential of synthetic DNA constructs that, when combined with antibodies, direct the immune system to target malignant cells in particular...
In essence, the goal is to stimulate the immune system of the body to recognise and eliminate cancerous cells..
Antibodies that specifically bind to certain tumor cells are added on the one side, while antibodies that are recognized by the immune systems T-cells are mounted on the other..
The scientists produced 105 different combinations of antibodies for the study, testing them in vitro to see how specifically they attached themselves to the target cells and how successful they were at recruiting T-cells..
To find out whether this also worked in living organisms, Professor Kobold and his colleagues examined whether PTEs also recognize and induce the destruction of cancer cells in tumor-bearing organisms..
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