In a World First, Scientists Use Artificial DNA to Kill Cancer Cells [View all]

Japanese oncologists have used artificial DNA in a whole new way to naturally kill cancer cells by helping the immune system identify them.

The whole reason cancer is as lethal as it is is because the immune system doesn’t act upon cancer cells and tumors, disguised as they are to look like normal cells.

By creating a hairpin-shaped pair of DNA molecules called oHPs, the researchers found a way to expose the cancer to the immune system’s targeting procedure, and thus stop and even reverse human cervical cancer and breast cancer-derived cells, and malignant melanoma in mice.

Link - https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/in-a-world-first-scientists-use-artificial-dna-to-kill-cancer-cells/
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Much more needs to be done to cure cancer but this is a good thing for now.