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Microfluidic Co-Culture Models for Dissecting the Immune Response in in vitro Tumor Microenvironments
Published on: April 30, 2021
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Developing and validating model systems for immuno-oncology
Claire E McCarthy1, Nastaran Zahir1, Mariam Eljanne1
1Division of Cancer Biology, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA.
Cancer Cell
|June 11, 2021
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Owing to clinical success of immune-checkpoint blockade, immunotherapy is becoming a cornerstone of modern oncology, and immuno-oncology is at the forefront of basic cancer research. This commentary outlines future opportunities for immuno-oncology modeling.
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