Building a Better Tumor Killer

Science by Jocelyn Kaiser | Aug. 31, 2006 (News Report)

In a first for gene therapy, researchers have successfully treated cancer patients by genetically modifying their immune cells to attack tumors. Although the treatment worked in only two of 17 patients, the researchers say this proof of concept, reported online today in Science, should pave the way for more gene-therapy cancer cures.

Steven Rosenberg's group at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, Maryland, has been working on ways to ... Full Story »

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Lewyn Li
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 by Lewyn Li - Oct. 1, 2008

As far as I can tell, the piece is an accurate summary of the actual research. However, I find it too much of a "marketing piece" for a scientific journal. The writer should have been more cautious about not raising (possibly false) hope, and included a cursory discussion of the technique used and the 15 failures. For a more complete account, I recommend the piece in the International Herald Tribune (see Related Links).

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