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Cancer vs the immune system: the battle unfolds live

Published the Updated By Jeanne Fenouil; Translation: AI-assisted

Watching T cells activate and then destroy cancer cells in real time: that’s what this in vivo video shows. Philippe Bousso, head of the Immune Response Dynamics Unit at the Institut Pasteur, comments on this attack waged by an immune system armed with immunotherapy.
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  • #Immune system
Cancers VS système immunitaire

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© Script: Jeanne Fenouil and Valérie Zeitoun - Filmmaking: Jeanne Fenouil (video in french, english subtitles available translated by AI)

 

Philippe Bousso, head of the Immune Response Dynamics unit, comments on images of a battle between cancer and the immune system, which has been armed by immunotherapy. This video, filmed in vivo, allows you to witness the attack launched by our immune system.

You will see T cells become activated, then spring into action and destroy enemy cancer cells. Using these images captured with a two-photon microscope, scientists at the Institut Pasteur are working to improve immunotherapy treatments for certain cancers.

This team was the first in Europe to develop this innovative technique for observing the dynamics of immune cells in real time and in vivo.