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Fat cells turned homing devices seek and destroy cancer cells
Posted Jul 4th 2007 9:53AM by Brian White
Filed under: Alternative Therapies, All Cancers
If fat cells from humans could be
re-purposed into "suicide" cells that would search and destroy tumors inside the human body, it would probably be a watershed moment in cancer research.
It's just the latest suggestion from gene therapy supporters who see engineering at the molecular and DNA level as the way cancer may be ultimately defeated.
It's exciting to see that developments at the gene level be researched and experiments be suggested. Tumors that now evade detection by traditional tests could be possibly obliterated by nanotechnology robots or engineered cells that go far beyond the capabilities of current biological tests.
Here's hoping the next 20 years see the kind of breakthroughs in cancer treatment that today seem like science fiction.
Tags: cancer cells, CancerCells, fat cells, FatCells
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