New stem cell technique may provide cancer cure
14 Aug 2013 3:46 AM IST
Scientists have developed a new stem cell technique which they believe could lead to a quicker treatment for cancer and reduce reliance on chemotherapy.
The method would also be more effective at stopping the disease from returning by reprogramming cancer-fighting cells, researchers said.
The technique takes white blood cells and transforms them into stem cells before being reprogrammed to fight the patient’s cancer, the ‘Daily Express’ reported.
‘This is very specific to the cancer cells themselves.
This means fewer side effects and secondly, because they stay in the body, they are ‘living drugs’ and once present move around and stop recurrences,’ said lead researcher Dr Michel Sadelain, of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
The method would also be more effective at stopping the disease from returning by reprogramming cancer-fighting cells, researchers said.
The technique takes white blood cells and transforms them into stem cells before being reprogrammed to fight the patient’s cancer, the ‘Daily Express’ reported.
‘This is very specific to the cancer cells themselves.
This means fewer side effects and secondly, because they stay in the body, they are ‘living drugs’ and once present move around and stop recurrences,’ said lead researcher Dr Michel Sadelain, of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
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