Immunotherapy - how it works

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T-cell

(immune cell)

Infected

cell

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The nivolumab drug attaches itself to T-cells, blocking the cancer's ability to hide. It is then attacked and destroyed. Meanwhile Ipilimumab allows T-cells to multiply

2

Cancer cells produce a molecule which stops T-cells from recognising them as a threat – allowing the cancer to grow

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T-cells are a type of immune cell that protects the body from infection. They destroy virally infected cells

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blocked

T-cell

(immune

cell)

Cancerous

cell

Infected

cell

3

The nivolumab drug attaches itself to T-cells, blocking the cancer's ability to hide. It is then attacked and destroyed. Meanwhile Ipilimumab allows T-cells to multiply

2

Cancer cells produce a molecule which stops T-cells from recognising them as a threat – allowing the cancer to grow

1

T-cells are a type of immune cell that protects the body from infection. They destroy virally infected cells

Connection

reads as a

non-threat