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Leukemia cells use a sugar-coated protein to hide from the immune system, study reveals

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Leukemia cells (right) use a sugary protein coating as a shield against the immune system’s macrophages (left). Credit: Mounica Vallurupalli

Leukemia is adept at dodging the immune system, making it resistant to many of the newest generation of cancer immunotherapies. Now, researchers have identified a key part of the cancer’s disguise: a protein called CD43 on the surface of leukemia cells…

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