Can MILs Strike a Killer Blow to Cancer?

Published: Oct. 19, 2021, 8 a.m.

From a young age, Kim Noonan knew what she wanted in life \u2014 a career in science and a desire to help.\n\nWhen her mother succumbed to gastric cancer, it drove her even more to help people, especially cancer patients. Today, she\u2019s at the forefront of a potentially game-changing development in cancer therapy \u2014 using bone marrow-infiltrating lymphocytes (MILs) designed to target and kill cancerous tumors of all shapes and sizes.