Posted on 11/24/2010 6:34:24 PM PST by decimon
SYDNEY: Treating tumours with Salmonella bacteria induces an immune response that effectively kills cancer cells, Italian scientists announced.
This research could lead to that holy grail of modern medicine: a cure for cancer.
“We demonstrated that it is possible … to generate immunotherapy protocols that are effective in controlling the growth of established tumours or in vaccinating against tumours,” said co-author Maria Rescigno of the study published in Science Translational Medicine.
Invisible cancer cells
The body’s natural immune responses are often able to detect and destroy early cancer cells. But as tumour cells progress and proliferate, they can become invisible to immune cells.
Salmonella bacteria cause illnesses such as typhoid fever and the food-bourn disease salmonellosis. Since their discovery they have generally been reviled by humanity, but that may be about to change.
A team of Italian scientists have demonstrated that an injection of Salmonella bacteria into tumours can render them ‘visible’ again.
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“There are several strains [of Salmonella] that … don’t cause disease and can be safely used in humans,” Rescigno reported. “In fact, we already have a protocol in melanoma patients in which we inject Salmonella directly [into] the tumour.”
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the immune cells suddenly recognised and killed tumour cells in the mice.
And since cancer cells hide themselves in an Invisibility Cloak seems like making them visible will go a LONG ways toward letting the body take care of itself. (without further aid)
Don’t have to think about it. I’d rather have salmonella than cancer thanks.
I just hope it works. According to the article, the idea is not new but this research advances it a stage.
marking for later
So, if we undercook the Turkey we might cure an undiagnosed cancer, awesome !!
mark for later...
I hope it works too. Especially for the kids that have cancer.
Potential Man-Overboard Ping!
Bacteria-induced gap junctions in tumors favor antigen cross-presentation and antitumor immunity.
Ping...(Thanks, neverdem!)
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What I find intriguing about this is that on the crevo threads, the non-creationist side has asked what purpose there might be for disease like this that can kill us. Why God would have created something like that.
Creationists have explained that there IS a purpose for everything and that what we see now has been corrupted by the Fall and is no longer serving its intended purpose, but rather has become harmful to humans.
This could be one of those situations.
***disclaimer - no intent to start a crevo flame war....
nully fanning the flames...
If this is what it was intended for , yeah, it would be.
Of course, we don’t, and can’t, know but I also realize that no explanation will ever satisfy the non-creationist/non-IDers.
A new twist on one of the oldest treatments...Coley’s Toxin..
http://www.mentalindigestion.net/?p=1133...
Fascinating stuff.
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