http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16391-implant-raises-cellular-army-to-attack-cancer.html
Researchers have been working on getting the immune system to fight off cancers. Normally the immune system do nothing to them because technically they originated from within the body. What Researchers did was wrap these biodegradable implants with signals that certain immune cells specifically dendrites can pick up and alert the T cells. The dendrites directs the T Cells to consider the cancer as an invader or something bad and go after it.
When they tested this idea out in mice in about 90% of the cases the cancer plagued mouses did not develop Tumors. Now if scientists can find a way to transfer over this idea to humans we could well be underway to a cure for Cancer! No more Chemo or Radiation this could make life a lot easier on Cancer suffers. I have a feeling this will work!
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