‘Exhausted’ immune cells in healthy women could be target for breast cancer prevention

New study uncovers the potential of immunotherapy in preventing breast cancer and creates the openly available Human Breast Cell Atlas
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Immune cell exhaustion observed in breast tissue from carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations long before breast cancer develops. Credit: Sara Pensa/University of Cambridge’s Department of Pharmacology

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