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Scientists Might Have Accidentally Cured Cancer
Daily Caller ^ | 1/21/2020 | PHILLIP NIETO

Posted on 01/21/2020 8:11:29 PM PST by bitt

New treatment for killing cancer cells may have accidentally been discovered by a group of British scientists, according to reports.

Cardiff University’s research team found a T-Cell that attaches itself onto human cancers, and kills them while ignoring healthy cells. Although in its early stages of development, the treatment successfully destroys bone, lung, breast, colon, prostate, and other cancers, The Telegraph reported. (RELATED: Alex Trebek Announces He Was Diagnosed With Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer)

Originally, researchers were only looking for immune cells that were capable of fighting bacteria, before they discovered the T-Cell virus. Their findings were made available on Monday.

“There’s a chance here to treat every patient,” Professor Andrew Sewell of Cardiff University told the BBC. “Previously nobody believed this could be possible. It raises the prospect of a ‘one-size-fits-all’ cancer treatment, a single type of T-cell that could be capable of destroying many different types of cancers across the population.”

A T-cell is a white blood cell in the immune system that fights off cancers and helps prevent the body from getting infected. Researchers note the receptors on the newly discovered T-cells may be able to locate cancers by using the molecule known as MR1. They believe this molecule could be alerting the T-cells of the infected metabolism present on cancerous cells.

“We are the first to describe a T-cell that finds MR1 in cancer cells—that hasn’t been done before, this is the first of its kind,” the studies co-author Gary Dolton said to the BBC.

In the past, researchers have gained knowledge of the human immune system through the growth of cancer immunotherapy. One of the most successful being that of CAR-T, better known as a drug made by genetically modifying an individuals T-Cell’s to destroy cancerous regions of the body, as reported by Newsweek.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cancer; cancercure; chat; chatforum; cureforcancer; health; immunesystem; immunology; medicine; tcells
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To: Williams

You make me laugh.


41 posted on 01/21/2020 10:14:38 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
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To: bitt

“Accidently,” unless you’re rich or powerful. Then these ‘cures’ have been around for a while. Just ask Supreme Court Justice Ruth Buzzy about cancer treatments.


42 posted on 01/21/2020 10:54:42 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: pissant
Right up there with that Cold Fusion the Utah scientists discovered 20 years ago

I'm still have nightmares about the 1960's polywater scare that threatened to convert all our natural water into polywater.

43 posted on 01/21/2020 11:02:21 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (Behind enemy lines)
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To: bitt
I feel like there’s “Far Side” cartoon potential here! 🙂
44 posted on 01/21/2020 11:45:07 PM PST by The Duke (President Trump = America's Last, Best Chance)
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To: Ezekiel

LoL well Trump has had quite the destructive impact on the cancerous cells of Washington DC.


45 posted on 01/21/2020 11:59:30 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: BipolarBob

LOL...


46 posted on 01/22/2020 12:18:18 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: bk1000

Held over only for the elites


47 posted on 01/22/2020 2:07:00 AM PST by ronnie raygun (nick dip .com)
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To: ronnie raygun

Jimmah Carter and Ruth Buzzy Ginbag will get this but not the great unwashed.


48 posted on 01/22/2020 2:11:14 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Rastus

A doctor I knew, who’s granddaughter died of cancer, told me over 15 years ago that they could cure all cancer but didn’t because of the reason you stated.

This world is full of evil greedy people.


49 posted on 01/22/2020 3:08:36 AM PST by MagnoliaB ( You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you will find you get what you need.)
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To: MagnoliaB

who’s = whose (don’t know where that came from)


50 posted on 01/22/2020 3:10:38 AM PST by MagnoliaB ( You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you will find you get what you need.)
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To: bitt
That is FABULOUS NEWS .........

.......... now can they work on political ignorance and general stupidity?

51 posted on 01/22/2020 4:28:33 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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To: neverevergiveup

Hey that was a good post.


52 posted on 01/22/2020 4:30:11 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: Tacrolimus1mg

I’ll take T Bone therapy :)


53 posted on 01/22/2020 4:31:02 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: Viking2002

There are other companies going down the T-Cell route long before this study. Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has several stage 1 through 3 trials going of T-Cell based immunological products in their pipeline.

So this isn’t really new.


54 posted on 01/22/2020 4:42:44 AM PST by Freeport (The proper application of high explosives will remove all obstacles.)
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To: Tacrolimus1mg

yeah, wasn’t the T virus the culprit in the Resident Evil movies? Paging Alice.


55 posted on 01/22/2020 5:08:17 AM PST by madball
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To: neverevergiveup

“If anyone found an effective cancer treatment that is universally effective for most cancers, they would be a celebrity beyond celebrities, and if they held a patent they would be so wealthy they could make Bill Gates their pool boy.”

Not if they are suicided.


56 posted on 01/22/2020 5:18:36 AM PST by MagnoliaB ( You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you will find you get what you need.)
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To: bitt

Everyone in my family has died from a different type of cancer.

Mom, bladder cancer.
Dad, lung cancer.
Sister, liver cancer.
Other sister, colon cancer.
Grandfather
Aunt


57 posted on 01/22/2020 7:25:24 AM PST by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: bk1000

I agree, just a year after my wife succumbed to the big c.


58 posted on 01/22/2020 8:19:53 AM PST by brooklin
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To: bitt

Does this have anything to do with Alice and Raccoon City?


59 posted on 01/22/2020 8:38:38 AM PST by A Voice (As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the end times.)
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To: bitt

Is this one of those “science” stories that is here today and gone tomorrow with nary a mention or remembrance ever again?

Example: a story back in 2005 (or so) about an absolute end to mosquito larvae using a chemical that inhibits their ability to uptake nutrients in ponds and other bodies of water.

Basically predicted to end malaria, then never mentioned again, ever.

Like getting a letter in the mail saying you just won the publishers clearing house millions of dollars but then never a followup.

I get really sick of these kinds of “science” stories.

I’m not saying this one is one of those, but I fear it is.


60 posted on 01/22/2020 8:42:51 AM PST by samtheman (I hope someone close to Trump is reading FR every day.)
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