“Bad fat” suppresses killer T cells from attacking cancer

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Salk researchers, led by Susan Kaech, have found that the tumor microenvironment contains an abundance of oxidized fat molecules, which, when ingested by the killer T cells, suppresses their ability to kill cancer cells. 

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