Researchers have shown for the first time that memory B cells — the immune system's long-term defenders — can migrate from lymph nodes into ovarian tumors and produce antibodies targeting them. Over a third of those antibodies bound strongly to ovarian cancer cells, pointing to a new class of cancer vaccines.
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Células de memoria inmune atacan tumores ováricos y abren la vía a vacunas

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Por primera vez, investigadores han demostrado que las células B de memoria pueden migrar desde los ganglios linfáticos hasta los tumores de ovario y producir anticuerpos contra ellos. Más de un tercio de esos anticuerpos se unieron con fuerza a células cancerosas, lo que abre la puerta al desarrollo de vacunas contra el cáncer.

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