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  • The Dendritic Cell

    Ralph Steinman received the 2007 Lasker Award in honor of his discovery of the dendritic cell, a critical component of the immune response. Here he describes his finding and its ongoing implications for research into cancer and immunology.

    Steinman has served as an editor of two volumes of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. For more information see Cancer Vaccines: 6th International Symposium and Human Immunology: Patient-Based Research.

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