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Immunotherapy may help treat some resistant bowel cancers

Immunotherapy may help treat some resistant bowel cancers

8 July 2019

A small study of drug-resistant bowel cancers suggests that it might be possible to treat these tumours using immunotherapy drugs

belly fat

Your body fat may be protecting you against infections

29 December 2017

Fat isn’t all bad – it stores powerful immune cells, and seems to boost their ability to defend the body from dangerous infections

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