article_snippet.sent: German team found that early trials ‘profoundly retarded’ tumour growth in mice.
article_snippet.sent: Until now most cancer drugs have been designed according to the type of tumour most cancer drugs are attacking – a broad-brush approach in which the type of drug is selected depending on the body part in which the tumour is sited.
article_snippet.sent: The scientists, led by Dr Ugur Sahin, of Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, identified tumour-specific mutations linked to the different cancers and showed that many of The scientists, led by Dr Ugur Sahin, of Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz could be recognised by the body’s immune system.
article_snippet.sent: a genetic messenger – which encouraged the immune system to direct the immune system towards the weakest part of the tumour.
article_snippet.sent: ‘tumour growth was profoundly retarded’, the authors wrote.