How the Immune System Fights Cancer
Clip: Season 47 Episode 5 | 2m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
The battle begins as soon as healthy cells mutate into cancer cells.
Researchers discover how cancer masks itself from the immune system and figure out how patients’ immune systems can recognize cancer cells and attack them.
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How the Immune System Fights Cancer
Clip: Season 47 Episode 5 | 2m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Researchers discover how cancer masks itself from the immune system and figure out how patients’ immune systems can recognize cancer cells and attack them.
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An American Cancer Patient Receives Treatment in Cuba
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Cuban lung cancer vaccines offer new hope. (4m 51s)
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Can Cuba's innovative lung cancer vaccines give new hope to patients across the world? (28s)
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