A new scientific study has found that cancer cells send "Misleading signals" to the body's immune system to "don't eat me", to stop attacks on the immune system charged with protecting the body.
The Independent newspaper reported Saturday that scientists have found proteins on the outer cancer cell membrane that mislead the immune system.
Cancer cells are usually surrounded by other cells released by the body's immune system, which prevents their spread in the body.
Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine wrote in the journal Nature that they found a protein called "CD24" on the surface of cancer cells.
When they blocked these cells in mice that were injected with cancer cells, they found that it allowed immune system cells to attack cancer cells.
This has led to reduced tumor growth and increased survival time in mice, which are biologically similar to humans.
It can lead to the treatment of breast and ovarian cancers that affect many women around the world.
By Andy Bogard August 3, 2019
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