Body’s Natural Killers Target Breast Cancer

Clemson University researchers have developed fusion proteins that link natural killers that are part of the human immune system with breast cancer tumor cell targets.

“The idea is to use this bifunctional protein to bridge the natural killer cells and breast cancer tumor cells,” said Yanzhang (Charlie) Wei, a professor in the College of Science’s Department of Biological Sciences. “If the two cells are brought close enough together through this receptor ligand connection, the natural killer cells can release what I call killing machinery to have the tumor cells killed.”

https://news.clemson.edu/natural-killers-using-the-bodys-cells-to-target-breast-cancer/