Analysts for a recent study, designed a pioneering technique to spot differences between immune cells in tumours that could speed the development of cancer treatments.
Scientists said that the approach could be used to help doctors choose the best treatments for individual patients and predict which tumours are likely to respond to a particular therapy.
It could also help to target the use of immunotherapy - a new form of treatment that uses the body's own defences to tackle cancer. This therapy has shown great promise in recent years, but identifying which patients will respond best is a challenge for doctors.
Traditional treatments, such as radiology, do not discriminate between cell types and attack both cancerous and healthy cells, often leading to side-effects.
A source called ImSig - paints the best picture of tumours to date and will allow scientists to study how certain immune cell types affect cancer growth.
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