Tobacco Plant-Derived Cancer Vaccine, In the works.
July 24, 2008 by Gloria Gamat
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
This report has been causing a stir earlier this week. The good in the evil tobacco? So reports are saying. Okay before we all get too excited…the tobacco plants used are genetically engineered.
To make the vaccine, researchers took a sample of a patient’s tumors, which in this trial were made up of B cells (white blood cells that help the body battle disease and infection). They then extracted the gene from the cells that coded for the antigen they needed (to help the immune system recognize the tumors as threats). The key, researchers say, was to make enough of the …read more
This cancer blogger is back online!
March 11, 2008 by Gloria Gamat
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
It just sucks when I cannot get online without going out of the house. But that’s exactly what happened to me in the last 3 days.
Suddenly, my crappy PC is the most beautiful work station on the face of the earth! Ha ha ha.
Anyways, I just wanna list those important stuff that I missed about cancer while having some offline times:
Kidney Cancer Surgery Often Determined By Surgeons’ Practice Style, Not Medical Factors, Study Shows
Outlook Improves For Patients With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Over Past Decade
Toad Venom, A cure for Cancer
Study: More Women Can Cut Cancer Relapse Risk
That’s all for now …read more




