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How An Antibody Helps The Immune System Reject Cancer

sciencedaily.com — Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center, in collaboration with colleagues at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, have shown that an engineered antibody called DTA-1 led to rejection of 50 to 60 percent of tumors in a mouse model of melanoma. The antibody allows the immune system to overcome its natural reluctance to attack tumor cells.

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  • BalancingAct, on 04/27/2009, -0/+11I mentioned about this in another thread, and i was dugg down for it....probably because there were a lot of religious nutcases in that thread:
    http://digg.com/health/Medics_baffled_as_woman_s_k ...

    There is plenty of evidence for the case for deliberately infecting an area near to where the cancer is in order to mobilise the immune system to fight off the cancer cells. Here is another link:
    http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/id.5439,y. ...
    Infecting an area near to the cancer has the same effect as re-enabling the immune system to fight cancer like it would any infection.
  • presidentraygun, on 04/27/2009, -0/+8Look I've seen "Osmosis Jones" I'm pretty sure I know how the immune system works. Pfft, dumb scientists.
  • inactive, on 04/27/2009, -0/+4You are!
  • reeds1999, on 04/27/2009, -0/+3Will any treatments resulting from this be placed in the public domain, or once again, will it be reserved for big pharma and the rich????
  • Lst01, on 04/27/2009, -0/+2No. They're not claiming to cure it.
  • inactive, on 04/27/2009, -0/+1Was this in response to the comic strip?
  • Christ0s, on 04/27/2009, -1/+1Awesome I live right around the corner from Fox chase cancer center i'm representin fox chase.
  • Face2FaceHealth, on 04/27/2009, -1/+1there is a site available to people whoh want to connect to others with similar health conditions (e.g. cancer). it's a free resource for patients who want to get info and support from other patients or caregivers. check it out. www.facetofacehealth.com.
  • freezo1994, on 04/27/2009, -2/+1did digg cure cancer again?
  • solboldi, on 04/27/2009, -3/+1cool
  • GarageBattle, on 04/27/2009, -3/+1Obligatory Zombie Comment
  • ArtOverby, on 04/27/2009, -4/+1I think the people above me are having sex...
    Either that or they're sleeping restlessly and agreeing with each other a lot.
  • CrankMyBlueSax, on 04/27/2009, -4/+1We don't need no stinkin' antibodies. Just get some Pentecostal idiot to pray your tumor away, cast out a few demons.
  • FuzzplugJones, on 04/27/2009, -4/+0More like "Faux Chase" bwwwaahahahahaha I think I'm cool on the internet.

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