Numa notícia publicada pela revista Scientific American, um grupo de investigadores conseguiram modificar células do sistema imunitário de um paciente com cancro para combater este,eliminando o uso de quimioterapia e medicamentos.
In what could be a breakthrough in cancer therapy, researchers report in The New England Journal of Medicinetoday that they succeeded in bolstering a patient's immune system
enough to wipe out late-stage malignant tumors on its own. The
scientists say the successful experiment could pave the way for new
treatments of advanced cancer that spare patients the side effects of
chemotherapy, which kills healthy as well as malignant cells.