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Summary of 'Blood Cells Turn Cancer
Killers'
Ferdinand Ihringer
December 4, 2005
The article 'Blood Cells Turn Cancer Killers'
by the BBC is about a new method to destroy
cancer cells.
British scientists discovered that DNA of white
blood cells can be tweaked for this task. Those
modied white blood cells are able to recognize and destroy cancer cells. The used technique is successfully tested in laboratory and
will be tested with humans next year.
Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2907881.stm ; Tuesday, 1 April,
2003, 18:52 GMT 19:52 UK