It is a unique cell type, never seen before. Or at least, from the point of view of its functioning: it would attack cancer cells, without touching healthy cells. A hope for universal treatment for researchers at Cardiff University in the UK who published a study in the journal Nature Communications.
It is a T lymphocyte-like cell, found in the blood. With the exception that it does not work like any other known so far … It attacks very effectively against several types of cancer. Breast, colon, prostate, kidneys, lungs … The T cell is a warrior of its kind and fosters the hope of developing a universal treatment against cancer.
T lymphocytes and immunotherapy
This is not the first time that medicine has recognized the power of T lymphocytes against this type of disease. This is the whole basis of immunotherapy, which consists of stimulating the immune system to attack the tumor. But this technique is not effective against all types of cancer and some aggressive tumors resist it …
However, with this T cell, it could be different. We still have to wait for tests on humans to confirm this discovery, but if it were validated, it would be enough to extract the said cell from the patient and manipulate it in the laboratory to make it attack the cancer cells, once re-injected. .
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