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The Squish Factor Matters: How Cell Mechanics Impacts Immune Therapy Outcomes

This image depicts the process of generating CAR T cells in a step by step manner.
CAR T cell therapies are a type of cell therapy where a patient’s cells are genetically altered to fight cancer cells in their body. Figure obtained from Tallantyre et al., 2021.

Cell therapies are a new hot topic in the field of medicine, as they hold immense potential to cure various types of cancers by using a genetically modified cell from the patient to attack cancer cells in the body. This requires proper activation of the immune cell as well as a successful ability to bind to the cancer cell antigens. 

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