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Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center may have discovered a safer immunotherapy treatment for melanoma, a skin cancer. The treatment uses NKTR-214 instead of the potentially harmful interleukin-2, which scientists hope will be more effective in treating cancer. (Daily Bruin file photo)

https://dailybruin.com/2020/02/02/new-type-of-immunotherapy-may-better-treat-melanoma-according-to-ucla-led-study/melanomapic/

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This post was updated Feb. 3 at 10:29 a.m. A new form of immunotherapy may be effective in combating skin cancer, according to a UCLA-led study.

https://dailybruin.com/2020/02/02/new-type-of-immunotherapy-may-better-treat-melanoma-according-to-ucla-led-study/

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New type of immunotherapy may better treat melanoma, according to UCLA-led study

By Emily MacInnis

Feb. 2, 2020 11:24 p.m.