INDIANAPOLIS — New research by the IU School of Medicine is looking at new ways to fight aggressive cancers. Right now the focus is on enhancing treatment options for aggressive cancers like triple negative breast cancer.

“We have pretty high confidence that this will be a novel therapy for breast cancer as well as for other cancers too,” said Dr. Baohua Zhou, the co-responding author of the study with the IU School of Medicine.

It all has to do with studying the behavior of immunosuppressive cells also known as regulatory T cells in tumors turning them from tumor protectors into tumor fighters.

For some background, regulatory T cells are known to keep our immune systems in check protecting us from getting sick, so getting rid of these cells completely would not be good for our bodies.

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