Common antidepressants could help the immune system fight cancer

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.

“It turns out SSRIs don’t just make our brains happier; they also make our T cells happier — even while they’re fighting tumors,”…