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How is immunotherapy used to fight cancer? If you take the brakes off the immune system, you can unleash an attack on cancer cells. That's the theory behind PD-1/PD-L1, a vitally important immunotherapy discovery illustrated in this video.
Learn more about PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors and how Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is using immunotherapy to fight different types of cancer.
Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology Center for Immuno-Oncology The Science of PD-1 and Immunotherapy
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