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Which type of cells have been shown to have therapeutic effects in treatment-resistant cancers and improve survival from COVID-19-related acute respiratory failure?
Which type of cells have been shown to have therapeutic effects in treatment-resistant cancers and improve survival from COVID-19-related acute respiratory failure?
- T cells
- Invariant natural killer T cells (correct)
- Allogeneic cells
- Natural killer cells
What is the main advantage of transferring allo-iNKT cells from one person to another compared to T cells?
What is the main advantage of transferring allo-iNKT cells from one person to another compared to T cells?
- They have a longer lifespan in the body
- They are more effective in fighting cancer
- They can be easily modified through gene editing
- They do not cause graft-versus-host disease (correct)
What is a concern regarding the use of allo-iNKT cells in therapy?
What is a concern regarding the use of allo-iNKT cells in therapy?
- They rapidly become undetectable in the body (correct)
- They have a short lifespan in the body
- They cause graft-versus-host disease
- They have limited effectiveness against cancer
What did researchers hypothesize about allo-iNKT cells?
What did researchers hypothesize about allo-iNKT cells?
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Why did researchers decide to test their theory in healthy dogs?
Why did researchers decide to test their theory in healthy dogs?
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