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Scientists are working to improve the abilities of therapeutic antibodies to flag cancer cells (orange) for destruction by macrophages (blue).

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Jan 9, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHHAMPTON & KOCH INSTITUTE AT MIT, ALI ROGHANIAN

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