Exploding cancer cells can cause serious side effects in CAR-T cell therapies
Blocking a protein makes cells shrink instead, causing fewer problems
CAR-T cells (illustrated in red) target and can kill some cancer cells (blue) by making them swell and rupture, triggering dangerous inflammation in patients.
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