joe•iuculano :mastodon: · @iuculano
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#Scottish scientists hope a #breakthrough in the understanding of #BowelCancer will lead to new treatments.
Researchers at the #UniversityOfGlasgow and Cancer Research #UK's #BeatsonInstitute have solved a decades-long riddle of why the #ImmuneSystem of patients ignores the disease.
Until now, it was not known how #cancer blinds the immune system to the disease rendering it unable to destroy it.
#BBC
#Scotland
#scottish #breakthrough #bowelcancer #universityofglasgow #uk #beatsoninstitute #immunesystem #cancer #bbc #scotland