Yale Scientists Create Artificial "Cells" that Boost the Immune Response to Cancer.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-26 February 2008-Yale University: Yale Scientists Create Artificial "Cells" that Boost the Immune Response to Cancer(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Tarek Fahmy and Erin Steenblock Tarek Fahmy and Erin Steenblock monitor T-cell activation as tool for fighting cancer

Stimulatory particles Stimulatory particles (red) bound to activated T-cells (blue) as seen by scanning electron microscopy. Scale bar = 10 m

New Haven, Conn. -- Using artificial cell-like particles, Yale biomedical engineers have devised a rapid and efficient way to produce a 45-fold enhancement of T cell activation and expansion, an immune response important for a patient's ability to fight cancer and infectious diseases, according to...