article_snippet.sent: British scientists are developing a treatment which could significantly boost patients’ ability to fight off cancer, British scientists revealed last night.
article_snippet.sent: The therapy, revealed in the international journal Science last night, would use the existing T-cells taken from individual patients.
article_snippet.sent: the existing T-cells taken from individual patients would be removed, modified with the insertion of LEM-producing genes, and then infused back into the patients via a drip, probably on four occasions over two months.
article_snippet.sent: It might also be used to treat other viruses, other viruses said.
article_snippet.sent: Next we will test the therapy in mice, make sure it is safe and see if it can be combined with other therapies.
article_snippet.sent: a robust treatment for patients would be relatively expensive because a robust treatment for patients would effectively be personalised each time, relying on an extraction of the patient’s own cells .
article_snippet.sent: He said gene therapy would initially be used to treat patients with advanced cancer.
article_snippet.sent: The treatment would be relatively expensive because The treatment would effectively be personalised each time, relying on an extraction of the patient’s own cells.
article_snippet.sent: But He insisted the cost would be manageable, given the significant benefits the cost could bring.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Further investigation in animal models is needed before human trials can commence, but there is potential for a new type of treatment that capitalises on the immune system’s innate ability to detect and kill abnormal cells.
highlights_snippet.sent: Treatment developed by British team could boost ability to fight cancer .
  