article_snippet.sent: The theory, developed by researchers at University College London, the University of Oxford and the University of North Carolina, is based on a single patient case study.
article_snippet.sent: Pioneering new treatments for HIV, flu, ebola and cancer are being developed by scientists harnessing man-made DNA.
article_snippet.sent: Experts have discovered how to create strands of artificial DNA, each mimicking a different killer disease, and inject strands of artificial DNA into patients.
article_snippet.sent: Inovio, one of the companies behind the technique, has begun trials in humans, after strong results in the lab.
article_snippet.sent: Inovio is using the method to attack flu, ebola and certain types of cancer – as well as HIV and hepatitis.
article_snippet.sent: Experts have already started trials on female patients to see if Experts can stop Experts developing cervical cancer.
article_snippet.sent: Our need to be cautious in interpreting observations from a single subject,' said Dr Nilu Goonetilleke, who began working on the study at the University of Oxford and is now at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. '
article_snippet.sent: Our study is a proof of principle and the results are promising, but Our study is unlikely to lead to a cure for at least a decade.'