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Science 22 November 1996:
Vol. 274. no. 5291, pp. 1302 - 0
DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5291.1302

Research News

Nigel Williams

One of the biggest puzzles of cancer is why the sufferer's immune system almost always fails to eliminate the tumor. New research published in this issue (p. 1363) suggests that at least one kind of cancer cell can kill the immune cells that attack them by prompting them to commit suicide.

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