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The race to supercharge cancer-fighting T cells

Cartoon of an anthropomorphised T-cell driving a hot rod at speed with fire and smoke coming out of the exhaust

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Nature 613, 626-628 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00177-z

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  • Correction 27 January 2023: An earlier version of this feature incorrectly referred to GD2 as a protein.

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