As i’ve said before, i’m not a medical expert (so check things for yourself) and I don’t often make too many predictions. But if I was going to put my money on the cure for cancer, it would be via Immunotherapy, especially in terms of being a preventative measure. This isn’t based on complete nonsense either – take a look for example at https://www.nhs.uk/news/cancer/discovery-could-boost-immune-systems-cancer-fighting-ability/. Basically, we know in simple terms that people get cancer because of a few primary reasons (although there are lots). For example, a poorly functioning immune system, which fails to kill cellular malfunctions (mutations) which lead to malignant tumours etc. Typically, groups such as older people, or those on immunosupressives are most at risk from this (see earlier post). Another reason might be because of exposure to harmful radiation or carcinogenic materials or chemicals (e.g. asbestos) resulting in significant celluar damage to a person. The basic idea of immunotheraphy is to boost your bodies natural immune system to fight and destroy cancerous cells. Clearly, the body keeps itself healthy by continually doing this using its killer cells (CD8 T-Cells) to recognise and destroy these bad guys, therefore acting as a preventative protection for us. As we get older, our bodies naturally begin to weaken, and therefore, we need a little boost. Providing immunotherapy, might in the future become common place for improving people’s health in general as the get older – for example those over 50 years or above. If such technology can be made widely available as a treatment at a low cost, not only would immunotherapy help prevent cancer occuring, it would also help patients into remission; additionally, it will also help deal with nearly all other types of diseases, such as viruses and so on. More on this later, but if you’re lucky enough to be involved in this field of work or cancer research and so on, my puny brain says keep up with the good work and invest as much as you can in to this branch of medical research. You can expect more from me on this in future articles as I have quite a bit to say on this area. It’s pretty exciting stuff in my humble opinion.
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