Could Texans soon benefit from this new cancer therapy that “disguises” tumors to trigger an immune attack?
Chinese scientists may have made a breakthrough in cancer treatment by using a tumor “disguise” to trick the immune system into attacking them.
According to Interesting Engineering, the results so far have been promising.
The new therapy involves giving cancer cells pig tissue “disguise,” which is intended to trick the human immune system into attacking them. It’s simply re-creating an organ transplant rejection scenario, which could be one of the most incredible breakthroughs we’ve witnessed.
Will this new cancer therapy benefit Texas cancer patients and offer new hope in fighting this disease?
How will this new treatment work?
According to the South China Morning Post, the new therapy employs genetically modified viruses, with scientists adding pig tissue proteins to the surface of tumor cells.
What happens next?
During clinical trials, the immune system identified these cells as foreign and began eliminating them. Unfortunately, we’ve seen this before in organ transplant scenarios.
However, in this case, the process could save lives.
The human immune system recognizes them as invading the body and is activated to destroy them.
Some studies have shown that this is quite effective, with a 90% success rate in animal trials.
Will we see human trials in the future here in Texas to test out a new cancer therapy developed by Chinese scientists?
Texas is fortunate to be home to some of the nation’s leading cancer research facilities, such as the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. It would be fascinating to see how the brilliant doctors there could take this research to the next level and, with more research, hopefully begin saving lives.
It would be an incredible day if this therapy is further studied so that Texans and people all over the world fighting cancer will have a powerful new hope that it will be treated more quickly while requiring less chemotherapy and radiation.