Low oxygen levels in tumors could enhance some of the body’s immune responses against cancer

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Researchers have found evidence that low oxygen levels in tumors could actually enhance some of the body’s immune responses against cancer, in contrast with the general paradigm that hypoxia exclusively helps cancer progression. Their findings identified a macrophage subpopulation displaying more potent immune responses under low oxygen concentrations in tumors.

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