Researchers engineer a herpes virus to turn on T cells for immunotherapy

Published on May 28, 2025

A team identified herpes virus saimiri, which infects the T cells of squirrel monkeys, as a source of proteins that activate pathways in T cells that are needed to promote T cell survival.

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