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Natural-born killers unleashed

The finding that phosphoinositide-3-OH kinase δ restrains the antitumour immune response by promoting the action of suppressive immune cells may broaden the applicability of drugs targeting this enzyme to multiple cancers. See Letter p.407

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Figure 1: Inhibition of PI(3)Kδ releases immune suppression.

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