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Characterizing the Immune Cells of a Tumor Microenvironment
8 May 2018![Characterizing the Immune Cells of a Tumor Microenvironment Characterizing the Immune Cells of a Tumor Microenvironment](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/f5b6mtfn/selectscience-prod/e4998a68802ec9f917dc0f547c33aa229ca40baf-805x452.jpg?w=3840&q=75&fit=clip&auto=format)
As a physician and associate professor at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Dr. Akil Merchant examines the response of immune cells surrounding cancerous cells within a tumor. To better characterize the immune cells in the tumor microenvironment, in addition to traditional immunohistochemistry, Merchant uses Imaging Mass Cytometry™ enabled by the Hyperion Imaging System, to obtain spatial information from the simultaneous analysis of a large number of protein markers. By studying the immune response to cancer, Merchant hopes to identify mechanisms of resistance to current immuno-oncology therapies.