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In mouse models, the new therapy nearly eliminated leukemia cells in the blood and spleen while significantly extending survival time.

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Soon after, he was treated for an enlarged spleen.

In contrast, other immune organs like the spleen do not support these processes as effectively, highlighting the lymph nodes' importance for strong immune defenses and successful immunotherapy.

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They were looking at “scurfy” mice; males are unexpectedly born with flaky skin and enlarged spleens and only live for a few weeks, because their organs are attacked by their own immune cells.

The Rangers fans would cough up a lot more than that for an audience with the man, for a chance to air their views by way of a venting of the spleen.

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