# Melanoma Cells Found to Paralyze Immune Cells, Study Reveals
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Immune cells: Red cells are CD8 lymphocytes “killer” T cells and blue cells are CD4 lymphocytes “helper” T cells. Teh melanoma releases vesicles (small green dots) that stick to CD8 cells,blocking their ability to attack the cancer.
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Credit: Tel Aviv University.
Scientific breakthrough – published in Cell:
Researchers discover a mechanism that allows melanoma cancer cells to paralyze immune cells
A new international study led by the Gray faculty of Medical & Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University finds: melanoma cancer cells paralyze immune cells by secreting extracellular vesicles (EVs), which are tiny, bubble-shaped containers secreted from a given cell. The research team believes that this finding has far-reaching implications for possible treatments for the deadliest form of skin cancer.
Video link – Prof. Carmit Levy explains about the groundbreaking discovery
This dramatic breakthrough led by Prof. Carmit levy of the Department of Human Genetics and Biochemistry at TAU’s Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, in collaboration with research teams from Sheba Medical Center, the Weizmann Institute of science, the University of liège, the Technion, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Wolfson Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Hadassah Medical Center, the Hebrew university of Jerusalem, Rabin Medical Center, paris-Saclay University, and the University of Zurich
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