RealFeedApp New strategy could prevent radiation therapy from damaging healthy lung tissue
Researchers at City of Hope identified an immune pathway contributing to radiation-induced lung injury in mice, suggesting potential strategies to prevent damage to healthy tissue.
- Field
- medicine and diagnostics
- What they did
- Researchers found an immune pathway in mice that may cause lung damage during radiation therapy for cancer.
- Why it matters
- This discovery could lead to new treatments that reduce harm to healthy lung tissue, improving patients' quality of life.
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