Specialized cells help to create a nurturing environment in which tumour-fighting immune cells can thrive and work to eliminate lung cancer, a study 1 in tissue from mice and humans has found.

Tumor cells transform fibroblasts into cancer-associated fibroblasts, which have an important immunosuppressive activity on which growth, invasion, and metastasis depend. These activated fibroblasts ...

Immune cells play an active and intimate role in directing the growth of human lung tissue during development, researchers find, revolutionizing our understanding of early lung development and the ...