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Unexpected Protein Partnership Has Implications for Cancer Treatment

April 15, 2014 - Scientists have identified two unlikely partners in a type of immune cell called a macrophage that work together in response to cancer drugs to increase inflammation in a way that may alter tumor growth. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health published the study in the journal Cancer Research. (Read More (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/2014/april15/index.cfm))

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