T cells are our first line of defense against cancer, but the battle tends to exhaust them. Now, scientists have found a way to give them extra “batteries” to keep them fighting longer, with promising early results in mice.
Seems really great that they are not editing DNA or adding drugs that could have hard to predict side effects. (I don’t fucking know though.) Just putting different types of cells near each other.
Fucking hell. We gotta stop dumbing shit down.
Published in Cell at https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00956-5.
They loaded t-cells with extra mitochondria. This seemed to get them to better fight cancer in mice.
Really great. I hope it safely translates to humans.
Agreed. The original explains it in two sentences.
Also, how often do you guys charge your T cells?
Seems really great that they are not editing DNA or adding drugs that could have hard to predict side effects. (I don’t fucking know though.) Just putting different types of cells near each other.