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Gene Therapy: A Cure For Cancer http://corefitchicago.com/blog/2012/12/11/gene-therapy-a-cure-for-cancer/ http://corefitchicago.com/blog/2012/12/11/gene-therapy-a-cure-for-cancer/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:10:12 +0000 Shayna Robinson, MSPT, PhD http://corefitchicago.com/blog/?p=325 Continue reading →]]> At a meeting of The American Society of Hematology on Sunday, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania presented their findings on what very well could be a genetic therapy cure for cancer.

The concept utilizes a disabled form of HIV that genetically alter the patients own T cells to attack malignant B cells. Providing the patient with something better than a drug–a lasting way for the immune system to fight cancer.

University of Pennsylvania researchers developed the experimental treatment that has been tested on 12 patients,

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