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Triglyceride trouble from tumors

July 29, 2010 7:00 AM UTC

A team led by researchers at the University of South Floridahas found that cancer cells alterboth the amount and the type of lipid in dendritic cells, decreasing their ability to initiate immunity. The finding could explain the poor immune response seen in many cancer patients-a phenomenon that has confounded many efforts to develop vaccines against tumor antigens.

The team also included researchers from the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Imperial College London and the University of Pittsburgh...