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Diagnosed with cancer? Learn to love your killer cells.

A diagnosis of cancer tells us that a rogue cell group escaped the body’s immune surveillance, and grew up to become a serious medical threat.  In most cases, if they are not stopped, they’ll kill their owner…eventually.  So, how did these bad apples escape detection?  Cancer cells have several ways of eluding the protective interrogation that is constantly asking cells ‘do…