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Researchers Have Engineered Tiny Particles That Can Trick The Body Into Permanently Accepting Transplants As Its Own. The Particles Release Protein Secreted By Tumors, CCL22, Which Draws Regulatory T Cells To Foreign Transplant To Tag It As Self, Enabling The Transplant To Evade Immune System Attack. This Was Successfully Used On Rats.
Mimicking cancer's evasive tactics, microparticles show promise for transplant rejection – ScienceBlog.comInspired by a tactic cancer cells use to evade the immune system, University of Pittsburgh researchers have engineered tiny particles that can trick the