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S4E08: Learning from Vaccines: Training our Immune System to Fight Cancer

Two Scientists Walk Into a Bar

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Is That a Cancer?

Cancer is defined by mutations. If the mutations lead to peptides that are too easily recognized by the immune system, the cancer will get eradicated early on. So in some ways, we're up against cancers that may not be showing the most immunogenic of targets or for whatever reason have already eluded the immune system. Acronomes are useless. Why is Lillia talking about an MHC class 1 molecule? Agreed. I like a challenge.

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