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Checkpoint Inhibitors: Taking the Brakes Off the Immune System

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Explains how tumors exploit immune 'checkpoints' to switch off T cells and how checkpoint-blocking drugs release those brakes. A useful foundation for understanding much of modern cancer immunotherapy.

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