09.02.06
Cancer Free?
Gene therapy may be the answer for cancer. Very interesting article on how a cancer was removed from this individual. It is too early to conclude this is a cure per se, but inshaAllah we are getting very close.
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Two men have been cleared of deadly skin cancer using genetically modified versions of their own immune cells.
Before the experiment, the patients were expected to only live for three to six months because their disease was so advanced.
Tests showed the genetically modified T cells used in the new treatment became specialised tumour fighters, the journal Science reports.
When the modified T cells were transfused into the patients they began to attack the tumour cells. For at least two months after the treatment, the modified cells made up at least 10% of the patients’ circulating T cells. The scientists are now looking at ways to enable greater numbers of the modified T cells to survive.
Dr Rosenberg said: “We’ve identified T cell receptors that will now recognise common cancers.”
For Mark Origer, 53, the treatment completely eliminated his skin cancer and another tumour on his liver shrunk enough that it could be removed surgically. more.
amel ahmed Said:
September 2, 2006 at 3:08 pm
this is amazing… i wonder why the tests failed ont he other 15… maybe they are still undergoing treatment and its just slower for others… but the fact that they entirely eradicated the illness from two men is AMAZING! this is only the beginning, insha’Allah
photoflo Said:
September 2, 2006 at 5:27 pm
looking at the science part, it seems so simple that you would have expected this to been thought of a long time ago. I hope it does turn out to be a cure, and that try it out on other type of cancer cells soon.
naqvia Said:
September 3, 2006 at 1:56 am
I think its too early to say something. But they have thought of this a long time ago, but it really tough to implement. Identifying the t-cell receptors that would recognize the common cancers is the key part and the real challenge.
Prometheusbound Said:
September 3, 2006 at 9:22 am
Sounds very Interesting. So how is SD? ane when are you droping by roc.
Munzareen Said:
September 16, 2006 at 10:57 am
I’ve always been amazed by how far science has been able to take us as a society. Allah said there is a cure for everything (except old age). SubhanAllah. When the Black Plague was rampant who would have thought that we’d be able to cure serious diseases.
I know this is kind of different but I was doing a project on cystic fibrosis and it was amazing how scientists used adenoviruses to actually implant a correct version of the CF gene into the human body. And then I did a paper on stem cell research and how not all forms of the research kill human embryos but how amazing it is that research on something so small can cure disease in thousands (my opinion changed a WHOLE lot when I was looking into this). And this was before the NYTimes article came out about being able to do research without harming human life.
SubhanAllah. I mean in theory modifying T cells seems so simple, but it takes a lot of hard work to change something so small (that has such vast results!).