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Immunotherapy against cancer: How therapeutic antibodies do their job

In blood cancers such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia, B cells of the immune system multiply uncontrollably. One form of therapy involves labeling the CD20 protein on the surface of the B cells with customised antibodies. This triggers a chain of immunological reactions and ultimately leads to the destruction of the cancer cells. Such immunotherapeutic antibodies [...]