Common antidepressants could help the immune system fight cancer

A widely used antidepressant drug could help the immune system fight cancer, according to a new UCLA research study.

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, significantly enhanced the ability of T cells to fight cancer and suppressed tumor growth across a range of cancer types in both mouse and human tumor models, the study, published in Cell, found.

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