Fweethawt Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/cancer-vaccine-immunotherapy-universal-immune-system-rna-nature-journal-a7060181.html Researchers have found a way to persuade the body's immune system to attack tumours – and it is largely free from side effects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantheory Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 yeah, I saw this news. Absolutely great! It is a potential vaccine and experimental treatment, but they have done animal studies with limited human testing. Expected continued vaccine studies as well as large scale clinical trials should follow. Since they have seen benefits for some types and treatments of cancer, such testing would be expected to continue with animal testing and continued human treatment analysis as a vaccine and treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueScholar Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I would urge caution however. The sample size was n=3 and there were no controls or established end points. Certainly, "immunotherapy" techniques like this and others show great promise. An example would be monoclonal antibodies such as Rituxan which has significantly improved the treatment of certain types of lymphoma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeCycle Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Best cure isn't to get it to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueScholar Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Cancer is currently the second leading cause of death with a strong genetic component that is only getting stronger with the discovery of proto-oncogenes/oncogenes. While certain risk factors can be eliminated (smoking) to modify the risk of certain cancers, the fact that there is such a strong genetic component, makes our idea of "conventional" prevention void in many instances. It may be possible to engineer methods based on immunotherapy as already mentioned in this thread to treat and prevent. Unfortunately, the typical way the immune system works to kill cancer cells is by sending signals that activate a cascade of events within the cells that lead to something known as apoptosis or programmed cell death. In many cancers, these cells are simply not able to respond to these normal signals or not capable of having normal apoptotic signaling pathways. It may also be possible using emerging gene editing techniques such as CRISPR/Cas-9 to insert or activate so called tumor suppressor genes in order to prevent the cancer or treat cancer. Unfortunately, cancer is a broad term for hundreds of types of disorders where cells divide uncontrollably and loose their specialisation. This is an area that is simply not well elucidated yet, hence my caution moving foreword. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurisaz Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 It's great news if it's true. However, cancer comes in many forms, shapes and colors... which is the reason why we still haven't found the Cure for Cancer (as in, universally, for all cancer) yet. Any such claim should be taken with more than a grain of salt, sadly. Wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeCycle Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Cancer is currently the second leading cause of death with a strong genetic component that is only getting stronger with the discovery of proto-oncogenes/oncogenes. While certain risk factors can be eliminated (smoking) to modify the risk of certain cancers, the fact that there is such a strong genetic component, makes our idea of "conventional" prevention void in many instances. It may be possible to engineer methods based on immunotherapy as already mentioned in this thread to treat and prevent. Unfortunately, the typical way the immune system works to kill cancer cells is by sending signals that activate a cascade of events within the cells that lead to something known as apoptosis or programmed cell death. In many cancers, these cells are simply not able to respond to these normal signals or not capable of having normal apoptotic signaling pathways. It may also be possible using emerging gene editing techniques such as CRISPR/Cas-9 to insert or activate so called tumor suppressor genes in order to prevent the cancer or treat cancer. Unfortunately, cancer is a broad term for hundreds of types of disorders where cells divide uncontrollably and loose their specialisation. This is an area that is simply not well elucidated yet, hence my caution moving foreword. No, it's not. Jesus, none of that is true (genetic links). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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