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- Researchers study some chemotherapy drugs.
- Some drugs do more than kill cells.
- They help the immune system attack cancer.
- Treated cancer cells send virus-like signals.
- Scientists call this viral mimicry.
- The immune system then removes those cancer cells.
- The immune system can also attack later cancer cells.
- Researchers will test more drugs and combinations.
Difficult words
- researcher — a person who studies and tests thingsResearchers
- chemotherapy — medicine to treat cancer with chemicals
- immune system — the body parts that fight disease and infections
- viral mimicry — when cells send signals like a virus
- signal — a sign or message from cells or bodysignals
- combination — two or more things used togethercombinations
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- Would you like to be a researcher?
- Do you know the meaning of chemotherapy?
- Have you learned about the immune system?
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