Tumor
Healthy Tissue
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Take the
Immunotherapy Challenge
Healthy cells become cancerous when they grow and divide out of control. Scientists are working to harness the body's own immune system to fight cancer by targeting proteins found on the surface of cancer and immune cells.
Activate the immune system against the cancer cells by choosing one of several target proteins.
Choose wisely. Some target proteins are also found on healthy cells. You don’t want to trigger an auto-immune response.
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You must target all the cancer cells while keeping at least three healthy cells unharmed.
You must target all cancer cells while keeping at least three healthy cells unharmed.
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Healthy Cells
You have eliminated all the cancer cells
and left 0 cells unaffected.
You have caused an auto-immune response. The targets you chose caused the immune system to attack too many healthy cells.