New T-cell Discovered: Universal Cancer Therapy in the Offing?

Researchers at Cardiff University (UK) recently made an important discovery: T-cells equipped with a new type of receptor (T-cell receptor or TCR) which recognises and kills most human cancer cells. It is significant as it holds the promise of heralding a new era of universal cancer therapy.

Immunotherapy

• Also called biologic therapy, it refers to a type of cancer treatment that boosts the body’s natural defenses to fight cancer, using substances produced by the body or in laboratory to restore or improve immune system function.
• Immunotherapy works by stopping or slowing the growth of cancer cells, stopping cancer ....