Better watch where this goes, I bet "they" will find a way to bury this...Wonder if this would "cure" more than just Cancer?
Why can't I just be happy once? Why can't I trust anyone? Ohh well...I better post this now......
cuz in a week it will be history....or will it make history!!?????
umm......what about lyme and co-infections??????
wlk--
http://www.pri.org/stories/health/genetically-tailored-
virus-may-cure-leukemia5365.html
Genetically tailored virus may cure leukemia
Published 11 August, 2011 03:40:00
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Scientists have designed a new virus that targets cancer cells in the bloodstream. (Photo courtesy of flickr user Horia Varlan)
Virus turns T cells into tumor-seeking missiles, and could be the key to curing some cancers.
Story from Here and Now. Listen to audio above for full report.
Two leukemia patients are now cancer-free a year after they began a new treatment. The secret? A virus designed to attack cancer cells.
The findings for the study were recently published in the New England Journal for Medicine.
Traditionally, leukemia has been treated by injecting donor bone marrow into the patient--a notoriously painful procedure.
Instead, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have conducted a study where they retrieve the patient's own white blood cells and inject them with a gene which helps guide T cells to tumors.
"This is true personalized medicine," said Dr. Bruce Levine, one of the researchers for this project.
"We're basically turning T cells into tumor-seeking missiles."
What's more, the genetically enhanced T cells can remain dormant in the patient and reactivate again should any cancer cells reappear in the body.
"It's almost as if we have a surveillance system circulating in the patient's body to attack any new tumor if it were to arise," Levine said.
The treatment, though, is not without side effects. Experts relate the symptoms to "the worst flu you've ever had."
But the risks with the genetically tailored T cells are much lower than bone marrow or bone marrow stem cell donation.
The ramifications of this finding could mean similar cures for other ferocious cancers.
Levine and his team are also testing this treatment on mesothelioma, ovarian and pancreatic cancers.
"You can have the T cells target almost any cancer," Levine said.
Read more about the treatment on the University of Pennsylvania website.
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i added the text to above link. bettyg, iowa group leader
Post edited by: Bettyg, at: 08/14/2011 12:15 AM
Anything I post or respond to comes from a Lyme and Bart victim himself. I am NOT a doctor. I do my own research for ME...I may share my findings and will post them. They are for general talk and vent...If a group leader feels the info is worth saving somewhere, they are more than welcome to do with it as they like. Wlk=)
