Immune checkpoint inhibitors, therapies which prevent cancers circumventing attack from the immune system, often fail because they don't activate the patient's immune system sufficiently. This study finds that mice with lung cancer muster an enduring immune response when such therapy is delivered as a nanoemulsion by nebuliser
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