Can you image the feeling of having five years of losing battle against cancer and later being diagnosed completely clear of cancer cells? That's the true life story of a 53 year old man whom had received genetic therapy - using one's genetically modified versions of their own cells to attack the cancer cells.The treatment relies on the body’s protective immune system, in this case a type of white blood cell, or lymphocyte, called a T cell. Billions of T cells are created by removing the patients’ cells and modifying them so they developed a certain receptor to help them recognise and kill tumours.
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Tags: Cancer | Medicine | Genetics | Science
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