Locally delivering therapeutic T cells into solid tumours in mice via thin nitinol films loaded with the cells lengthens the animals’ survival.
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The authors are grateful for support from the National Cancer Institute (grant nos. U01CA214369 and U54CA244726) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (grant no. R01 FD006589).
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Adu-Berchie, K., Mooney, D.J. Filmed over with CAR-T cells. Nat Biomed Eng 4, 142–143 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-020-0517-x
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