New research reveals how a cancer-associated protein enables tumor cells to evade the immune system by both suppressing anti-tumor influences and promoting tumor-enhancing conditions, in essence turning the immune system to the dark side of the force.
The study is published by Cell Press in the Feb. 3 issue of the journal Cancer Cell.
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