🔬 Fifty Years After IL-2 Discovery, Researchers Reflect
Published by OOPSONLINE.IN · Source: Medical Xpress · 1 min read · · Updated
What actually happened
A discovery made 50 years ago helped establish the field of human retrovirology, advance understanding of the human immune system and contribute to a revolution in cancer treatment. A new perspective in Science examines that history, beginning with the 1976 discovery by Robert C. Gallo, MD, and his colleagues of a human T-cell growth factor later named interleukin-2 (IL-2).
Key points
- A discovery made 50 years ago helped establish the field of human retrovirology, advance understanding of the human immune system and contribute to a revolution in cancer treatment.
- A new perspective in Science examines that history, beginning with the 1976 discovery by Robert C.
- Gallo, MD, and his colleagues of a human T-cell growth factor later named interleukin-2 (IL-2).
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