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Disulfiram's journey from rubber vulcanization to T-cell activation.

Magalie DossetMaurizio Zanetti
Published in: The EMBO journal (2022)
Disulfiram, a drug prescribed for the treatment of alcohol use disorders for more than 60 years, has recently been repurposed for cancer treatment. New work in The EMBO Journal now describes a disulfiram role in immunotherapy of cancer, involving direct binding to Lck to mediate activation of tumor-infiltrating T cells.
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