Source: The Canadian Press
Posted: August 31, 2006
Summary:
Researchers have genetically engineered immune cells in the blood, transforming them into tumour fighters that eliminated melanoma in two men with an advanced stage of the often deadly disease. While 15 other patients with melanoma were not helped by the modified T-cell treatment, its success in the two who responded was hailed as a significant step forward in the field of gene therapy for cancer.
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