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Doctors have successfully rid a patient of advanced skin cancer by treating him with clones of his own immune cells
In just two months, scans showed that the 52-year-old man's tumours, which had spread to his lungs, were gone.
Originally posted by Quantum_Squirrel
At last!!! i hope this is the start of something great!!
its official folks doctors just cured cancer.
Originally posted by GUNSINWAR
reply to post by Quantum_Squirrel
This is fantastic news!! cancer that has spread to his lungs ...cured! wow no that is most wonderfull!
Thanks Quantum_Squirrel !
After two months the patient was found to be tumour-free, and there was still no sign of cancer when he was last checked two years later.
A cure for cancer teems through our veins, but the trick is harnessing the immune system's tumour-destroying cells, say doctors.
ow, a US team has developed a new way to turn a patient's T-cells against a deadly, metastasised skin cancer. A 55-year old man who received the immune boost lives tumour-free, more than two years after treatment.
Originally posted by vox2442
New England Journal of Medicine Abstract Here
This looks very interesting....
Originally posted by Quantum_Squirrel
NICE LINK!!!
I think this is the actual report? published in the new england medical journal.
great find all should take a gander
Originally posted by TheComte
I just heard about it on the news. Cloned cells used to fight cancer. They say they may be able to adapt the technique for other cancers, but for now it's only good for skin cancer. Still a promising development.
Not many people are keen on eating cloned meat but I bet they'll take a hit of cloned T-cells to beat cancer.
[edit on 19-6-2008 by TheComte]
Originally posted by super70
I sincerely hope that a small company takes this information and runs with it, and puts the big money making healthcare machine out in the street.