Excitement at new cancer treatment
Posted: 16 Feb 2016, 16:41Excitement at new cancer treatment
By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website
A therapy that retrains the body's immune system to fight cancer has provoked excitement after more than 90% of terminally ill patients reportedly went into remission.
White blood cells were taken from patients with leukaemia, modified in the lab and then put back.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35586834
By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website
A therapy that retrains the body's immune system to fight cancer has provoked excitement after more than 90% of terminally ill patients reportedly went into remission.
White blood cells were taken from patients with leukaemia, modified in the lab and then put back.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35586834