Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Immune discovery 'may treat all cancer'
Though it is still in a very early stage of research,
the impact and potential are significant to treat cancers. Researchers in Wales,
UK, discovered an immune cell that scans the body, find cancerous cells, and
attack them without causing any harm to normal cells. What is remarkable is
that this immune cell in people’s blood, called T-cell, and its receptor seem
to be able to find and kill a wide range of cancerous cells, including lung,
skin, blood, colon, breast, bone, prostate, ovarian, kidney and cervical cancer.
How will the new treatment work? First, extract
the T-cells from the body and genetically modify them. Then, these T-cells are programmed
to create cancer-finding receptors. After growing the receptors in number, they
are put back into the patient to do their work. This newly discovered immune
system sounds like having a one-fits-all solution for cancer treatment.
Enjoy reading about this potential
breakthrough discovery in our own immune system.
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