Cancer-fighting t cells burn out. Scientists may have found a fix

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What happened

Cancer immunotherapy can lose its punch when tumor-fighting T cells become exhausted, but researchers may have found a way to keep them going longer.

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  • Reported by ScienceDaily and published Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:24:29 UTC.

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