Like many of you, I am frustrated by the slow and in some cases no progress in cancer therapy. Even after the input of billions of dollars into cancer research, the prevailing philosophy of attacking the tumors with killer drugs shows little hope for any help soon.
Well, there may be a light developing at the end of the tunnel.
One of the world’s leading science magazines has labeled cancer immunotherapy as the medical breakthrough of the year.
Researchers have identified proteins on T-cells that act as brakes on their ability to fight off foreign cells in the body.
By removing these brakes a super immune system is unleashed to attack cancer cells. Early results are remarkable.
What a unique concept (sic)…..getting the body to fight and destroy the cancer cells
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http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6165/1432.full