Cancer 'vaccine' eliminated all tumors in mice, human trials being conducted

KATU ^ | Monday, February 5th 2018 | Adrian Mojica

[nickcarraway]

A new approach to fighting cancerous tumors in mice by Stanford University researchers has been found to not only eliminate the tumors they targeted, it eliminated all cancer found in the mice.

The researchers used a one-time application of two agents injected directly into a tumor. The agents work by stimulating the immune cells only inside the tumor itself, but doctors found some of the T-cells stimulated kept on working after their initial job was done.

Dr. Ronald Levy, senior author of the study published in the journal Science Translation Medicine, says one of the agents (CpG oligonucleotide) works with nearby immune cells to amplify a receptor on the surface of T cells.

The other agent is an antibody that binds with the T-cell receptors to "lead the charge against the cancer cells."

Some of these "tumor-specific" activated T-cells then leave the tumor and go on a hunt and destroy mission for other identical tumors in the body. In 87 of 90 mice, the T-cells worked on the tumor targeted but also saw the un-targeted tumor cured.

Researchers say they saw results in lymphoma tumors, breast cancer tumors, colon, and melanoma tumors.

One of the agents is already approved for use in humans and the other is currently involved in a clinical trial to test the effect in lymphoma patients.

[MNDude]

too bad they didn’t have this earlier. Two years ago, my daughter’s pet mouse died of cancer.

[knarf]

THIS’LL disappear.

[WildHighlander57]

Bookmarking!!!!

[BipolarBob]

Diabetes medicine is draining me. Of course IF I lived in another country the same medicine would be lots cheaper. My prescription policy doesn't pay a penny but they negotiated a lower than MSRP price and that's all they are willing to do. Disgusting. BUT Trump mentioned making medicines more affordable and inline with other countries prices. We'll see if he can pull that off. The lobbyists are lining up on Capital Hill to bribe persuade politicians it's in the countries best interests to keep prices the same.

[dainbramaged]

Two years ago, my daughter’s pet mouse died of cancer.
That's hilarious - my entire immediate family (mother, father, brother) all died from cancer. I hope this vaccine is successful.

[bk1000]

No money in a cure. Still, how promising! If this works, and we know about it, it would have to be made available.

[onona]

BUT Trump mentioned making medicines more affordable and inline with other countries prices

Government mandated price controls is what you see with other countries

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

ping

[lombardwarrior2]

Take my word. This is going nowhere. With multiple cancers in family, I’ve been following the “cancer cure” since ever. This is just another ploy to bring in more “research” money (I guess billions and billions of dollars spent since “the war on cancer” haven’t been enough to wipe this beast from the face of the earth). They need more money.

I had a family member dying of bone cancer. I contacted a company with an experimental drug. I asked if we could try it. They said no, because the FDA would not let us try it because it might cause harm to the cancer patient. Think about that. It’s evil what the FDA and big pharma are doing.

I saw a video taken at a big pharma convention. The main pharma rep said that they do not want a cure for cancer, only a treatment because their is no profit in a cure.

[fruser1]

Sounds like a great ingredient to add to chewing tobacco!

[cranked]

Or, it will only be available to the super rich given its price tag being so high.....

[familyop]

That’ll probably be an insurmountably high price per shot for most people.

[outofsalt]

Do lab mice ever die of anything other than cancer?
I’m being series! This is Hugh!

[itsahoot]

Government mandated price controls is what you see with other countries

That is alright they get to make up for those loss leaders by charging the US taxpayer more.

[itsahoot]

It’s evil what the FDA and big pharma are doing.

Double blind studies are equally as evil. You have a drug that you think works but to prove it you let half the patients die. Alternate way would be to give it to everyone and see how many get well. Equal treatment, novel idea I know.

He discovered and developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. When asked who owned the patent to it, Salk said, "Well, the people I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"[8] In 1960, he founded the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, which is today a center for medical and scientific research.

[captain_dave]

Have you stopped eating all sugar and refined carbohydrates? I understand many people with diabetes get immediate relief switching to a zero sugar, near zero carb diet - basically high fat, low/no carb diet.

[Yulee]

A number of years back there was an article about trials for a drug that was fantastic with weight loss. The one side effect was that the pigmentation in the test subjects darkened. I looked forward to successful trials, since I have such a light complexion, sunburn, and am overweight.

I thought at the time if we could get enough people to use it, sunscreens profits would plummet, and how could you ever call anyone “black”, if all have dark complexions. I’d love to be slim and dark.

[trisham]

Eventually they will find a cure.