Killing cancer requires immune cells to infiltrate tumors’ hostile microenvironment – sugar shields can help them break in

CAR-T therapy engineers a patient’s own immune cells to fight cancer. Making these cels more resilient can make treatments more effective.

By: Charles J. Dimitroff, Florida International University and Lee Seng Lau, Florida International University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: June 12, 2026

Words: 1,282

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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By Charles J. Dimitroff, Florida International University and Lee Seng Lau, Florida International University

You might think of cancer as a mass of rogue cells that grow uncontrollably. But cancer is more organized and strategic than that. Rather, cancer is a tightly controlled cellular neighborhood that can keep the body’s defenses out or weaken them once they get in.

Cancer behaves like a gated community. It has its own residents, rules and security systems. Together, …

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