One drug for 7 different cancers

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Solid tumor cells carry a “don’t eat me” signal to escape attacks by the immune system. Disrupting this tumor-protecting signal could mean developing a single drug that can fight at least 7 different types of cancer, a new study shows.
Tumor cells from a range of cancer types all express a protein called CD47 – the “don’t eat me” sign that prevents tumors from being chewed up by immune cells.
Solid tumors grow unchecked and metastasize to other sites by evading phagocytosis, the process of being engulfed and digested by immune cells.  more...