by . daily mail reporter . four-year-old james hayward had his toy gun confiscated at east midlands airport . a four-year-old boy was frisked by airport security and then forced to hand over his plastic nerf gun after it was deemed a security risk . james hayward had arrived at east midlands airport with his parents , phil , 44 , and hazel , 38 , with his brightly coloured toy - which fires sponge darts - packed in his hand luggage for their flight out to lanzarote . but security officers , who were described as ` over-zealous ' by the boy 's father , then took exception to james 's harmless toy when it was picked up on the system 's x-ray machines . they demanded he hand it over , and they also performed a thorough patting down and inspection of the primary school child . dad phil has labelled the security checks ` ludicrous ' and criticized how staff reacted in the situation . mr hayward , a software engineer , said : ` fair enough they are thorough but it just seemed a bit ludicrous to take a plastic gun away from a four-year-old . ` we were so late by this point i did n't have time to stop and argue with them so we just had to leave it because we did n't want to miss our flight . scientists have created cells capable of killing cancer for the first time . the dramatic breakthrough was made by researchers in japan who created cancer-specific killer t cells . they say the development paves the way for the cells being directly injected into cancer patients for therapy . scientists have created cells capable of killing cancer for the first time . pictured : microscopic cells being cultured to kill cancer . the cells naturally occur in small numbers , but it is hoped injecting huge quantities back into a patient could turbo-charge the immune system . researchers at the riken research centre for allergy and immunology revealed they have succeeded for the first time in creating cancer-specific , immune system cells called killer t lymphocytes . ' i explained to james we would get him a new one when we got back from our holiday . we were going for 10 days in lanzarote over easter . ' i thought it was a bit over-zealous of the security staff considering how many people were trying to get through at the time . ` no wonder it was taking so long if they wanted to pat down every little kid . to create these , the team first had to reprogramme t lymphocytes specialised in killing a certain type of cancer , into another type of cell called induced pluripotent stem cells -lrb- ips cells -rrb- . these ips cells then generated fully active , cancer-specific t lymphocytes . these lymphocytes regenerated from ips cells could potentially serve as cancer therapy in the future . scroll down for video . after returning from the holiday to lanzarote , the four-year-old boy was bought a replacement toy gun . the smile is back on james hayward 's face following the confiscation of his toy gun at east midlands airport . the # 6 plastic gadget was described as a semi-automatic soft dart gun by its manufacturers , and james was bought a new one off ebay when the family returned from their holidays . previous research has shown that killer t lymphocytes produced in the lab using conventional methods are inefficient in killing cancer cells mainly because they have a very short life-span , which limits their use as treatment for cancer . to overcome the problems , the japanese researchers , led by hiroshi kawamoto reprogrammed mature human killer t lymphocytes into ips cells and investigated how these cells differentiate . the team induced killer t lymphocytes . specific for a certain type of skin cancer to reprogramme into ips cells . east midlands airport apologised for the inconvenience but pointed out they had offered to post the toy back to the family 's home in doncaster , south yorkshire . defending the decision a spokeswoman said : ` the safety and security of our passengers is our first priority and all regulations on security are set by the government . ` this regulation states that no items may be permitted through security that resemble a prohibited item . ' the hand luggage restrictions on all uk flights is set by the department of transport , and while there is no specific mention of models and makes of such ` toy guns , ' the prohibited list does include ` replica or model guns . ' east midlands airport said that ` no items may be permitted through security that resemble a prohibited item ' by exposing the lymphocytes to the ` yamanaka factors ' - a group of . compounds that induce cells to revert back to a non-specialised , stage . japanese researchers who created cancer-specific killer t cells -lrb- pictured -rrb- say the development paves the way for the cells being directly injected into cancer patients for therapy . the ips cells obtained were then grown in the lab and induced to differentiate into killer t lymphocytes again . this new batch of t lymphocytes was shown to be specific for the same type of skin cancer as the original lymphocytes . they maintained the genetic reorganisation , enabling them to express the cancer-specific receptor on their surface . the new t lymphocytes were also shown to be active and to produce an anti-tumour compound . doctor kawamoto said : ` we have succeeded in the expansion of antigen-specific t cells by making ips cells and differentiating them back into functional t cells . ` the next step will be to test whether these t cells can selectively kill tumour cells but not other cells in the body . if they do , these cells might be directly injected into patients for therapy . this could be realised in the not-so-distant future . ' the findings were published in the journal cell stem cell . dr dusko ilic , senior lecturer in stem cell science , king 's college london , said : ` the study tackled a novel , quite interesting approach to cell based therapy , something that we do not usually hear about . ` although this approach requires further verification and a lot of work needs to be done before we can think about clinical trials , the initial data are promising . ` this pioneering work definitely provides a strong foundation to build and expand our knowledge about new opportunities in cell based therapy and personalised medicine . '
the cells naturally occur in the body in small . numbers . but it 's hoped injecting huge quantities back into a patient . could turbo-charge the immune system . japanese researchers say the development paves the way for the new cancer and hiv treatments .
by . daily mail reporter . four-year-old james hayward had his toy gun confiscated at east midlands airport . a four-year-old boy was frisked by airport security and then forced to hand over his plastic nerf gun after it was deemed a security risk . james hayward had arrived at east midlands airport with his parents , phil , 44 , and hazel , 38 , with his brightly coloured toy - which fires sponge darts - packed in his hand luggage for their flight out to lanzarote . but security officers , who were described as ` over-zealous ' by the boy 's father , then took exception to james 's harmless toy when it was picked up on the system 's x-ray machines . they demanded he hand it over , and they also performed a thorough patting down and inspection of the primary school child . dad phil has labelled the security checks ` ludicrous ' and criticized how staff reacted in the situation . mr hayward , a software engineer , said : ` fair enough they are thorough but it just seemed a bit ludicrous to take a plastic gun away from a four-year-old . ` we were so late by this point i did n't have time to stop and argue with them so we just had to leave it because we did n't want to miss our flight . scientists have created cells capable of killing cancer for the first time . the dramatic breakthrough was made by researchers , the four-year-old boy was bought a replacement toy gun . the smile is back on james hayward 's face following the confiscation of his toy gun at east midlands airport . the # 6 plastic gadget was described as a semi-automatic soft dart gun by its manufacturers , and james was bought a new one off ebay when the family returned from their holidays . previous research has shown that killer t lymphocytes produced in the lab using conventional methods are inefficient in killing cancer cells mainly because they have a very short life-span , which limits their use as treatment for cancer . to overcome the problems , the japanese researchers , led by hiroshi kawamoto reprogrammed mature human killer t lymphocytes into ips cells and investigated how these cells differentiate . the team induced killer t lymphocytes . specific for a certain type of skin cancer to reprogramme into ips cells . east midlands airport apologised for the inconvenience but pointed out they had offered to post the toy back to the family 's home in doncaster , south yorkshire . defending the decision a spokeswoman said : ` the safety and security of our passengers is our first priority and all regulations on security are set by the government . ` this regulation states that no items may be permitted through security that resemble a prohibited item . ' the hand luggage restrictions on all uk flights is set by the department of transport , and while there is no specific mention of models and makes of such ` toy guns , ' the prohibited list does include ` replica or model guns . ' east midlands airport said that ` no items may be permitted through security that resemble a prohibited item ' by exposing the lymphocytes to the ` yamanaka factors ' - a group of . compounds that induce cells to revert back to a non-specialised , stage . japanese researchers who created cancer-specific killer t cells -lrb- pictured -rrb- say the development paves the way for the cells being directly injected into cancer patients for therapy . the ips cells obtained were then grown in the lab and induced to differentiate into killer t lymphocytes again . this new batch of t lymphocytes was shown to be specific for the same type of skin cancer as the original lymphocytes . they maintained the genetic reorganisation , enabling them to express the cancer-specific receptor on their surface . the new t lymphocytes were also shown to be active and to produce an anti-tumour compound . doctor kawamoto said : ` we have succeeded in the expansion of antigen-specific t cells by making ips cells and differentiating them back into functional t cells . ` the next step will be to test whether these t cells can selectively kill tumour cells but not other cells in the body . if they do , these cells might be directly injected into patients for therapy . this could be realised in the not-so-distant future . ' the findings were published in the journal cell stem cell . dr dusko ilic , senior lecturer in stem cell science , king 's college london , said : ` the study tackled a novel , quite interesting approach to cell based therapy , something that we do not usually hear about . ` although this approach requires further verification and a lot of work needs to be done before we can think about clinical trials , the initial data are promising . ` this pioneering work definitely provides a strong foundation to build and expand our knowledge about new opportunities in cell based therapy and personalised medicine . '
he hand it over , and they also performed a thorough patting down and inspection of the primary school child . dad phil has labelled the security checks ` ludicrous ' and criticized how staff reacted in the situation . mr hayward , a software engineer , said : ` fair enough they are thorough but it just seemed a bit ludicrous to take a plastic gun away from a four-year-old . ` we were so late by this point i did n't have time to stop and argue with them so we just had to leave it because we did n't want to miss our flight . scientists have created cells capable of killing cancer for the first time . the dramatic breakthrough was made by researchers in japan who created cancer-specific killer t cells . they say the development paves the way for the cells being directly injected into cancer patients for therapy . scientists have created cells capable of killing cancer for the first time . pictured : microscopic cells being cultured to kill cancer . the cells naturally occur in small numbers , but it is hoped injecting huge quantities back into a patient could turbo-charge the immune system . researchers at the riken research centre for allergy and immunology revealed they have succeeded for the first time in creating cancer-specific , immune system cells called killer t lymphocytes . ' i explained to james we would get him a new one when we got back from our holiday . we were going for 10 days in lanzarote over easter . ' i thought it was a bit over-zealous of the security staff considering how many people were trying to get through at the time . ` no wonder it was taking so long if they wanted to pat down every little kid . to create these , the team first had to reprogramme t lymphocytes specialised in killing a certain type of cancer , into another type of cell called induced pluripotent stem cells -lrb- ips cells -rrb- . these ips cells then generated fully active , cancer-specific t lymphocytes . these lymphocytes regenerated from ips cells could potentially serve as cancer therapy in the future . scroll down for video . after returning from the holiday to lanzarote , the four-year-old boy was bought a replacement toy gun . the smile is back on james hayward 's face following the confiscation of his toy gun at east midlands airport . the # 6 plastic gadget was described as a semi-automatic soft dart gun by its manufacturers , and james was bought a new one off ebay when the family returned from their holidays . previous research has shown that killer t lymphocytes produced in the lab using conventional methods are inefficient in killing cancer cells mainly because they have a very short life-span , which limits their use as treatment for cancer . to overcome the problems , the japanese researchers , led by hiroshi kawamoto reprogrammed mature human killer t lymphocytes into ips cells and investigated how these cells differentiate . the team induced killer t lymphocytes . specific for a certain type of skin cancer to reprogramme into ips cells . east midlands airport apologised for the inconvenience but pointed out they had offered to post the toy back to the family 's home in doncaster , south yorkshire . defending the decision a spokeswoman said : ` the safety and security of our passengers is our first priority and all regulations on security are set by the government . ` this regulation states that no items may be permitted through security that resemble a prohibited item . ' the hand luggage restrictions on all uk flights is set by the department of transport , and while there is no specific mention of models and makes of such ` toy guns , ' the prohibited list does include ` replica or model guns . ' east midlands airport said that ` no items may be permitted through security that resemble a prohibited item ' by exposing the lymphocytes to the ` yamanaka factors ' - a group of . compounds that induce cells to revert back to a non-specialised , stage . japanese researchers who created cancer-specific killer t cells -lrb- pictured -rrb- say the development paves the way for the cells being directly injected into cancer patients for therapy . the ips cells obtained were then grown in the lab and induced to differentiate into killer t lymphocytes again . this new batch of t lymphocytes was shown to be specific for the same type of skin cancer as the original lymphocytes . they maintained the genetic reorganisation , enabling them to express the cancer-specific receptor on their surface . the new t lymphocytes were also shown to be active and to produce an anti-tumour compound . doctor kawamoto said : ` we have succeeded in the expansion of antigen-specific t cells by making ips cells and differentiating them back into functional t cells . ` the next step will be to test whether these t cells can selectively kill tumour cells but not other cells in the body . if they do , these cells might be directly injected into patients for therapy . this could be realised in the not-so-distant future . ' the findings were published in the journal cell stem cell . dr dusko ilic , senior lecturer in stem cell science , king 's college london , said : ` the study tackled a novel , quite interesting approach to cell based therapy , something that we do not usually hear about . ` although this approach requires further verification and a lot of work needs to be done before we can think about clinical trials , the initial data are promising . ` this pioneering work definitely provides a strong foundation to build and expand our knowledge about new opportunities in cell based therapy and personalised medicine . '
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by . daily mail reporter . four-year-old james hayward had his toy gun confiscated at east midlands airport . a four-year-old boy was frisked by airport security and then forced to hand over his plastic nerf gun after it was deemed a security risk . james hayward had arrived at east midlands airport with his parents , phil , 44 , and hazel , 38 , with his brightly coloured toy - which fires sponge darts - packed in his hand luggage for their flight out to lanzarote . but security officers , who were described as ` over-zealous ' by the boy 's father , then took exception to james 's harmless toy when it was picked up on the system 's x-ray machines . they demanded he hand it over , and they also performed a thorough patting down and inspection of the primary school child . dad phil has labelled the security checks ` ludicrous ' and criticized how staff reacted in the situation . mr hayward , a software engineer , said : ` fair enough they are thorough but it just seemed a bit ludicrous to take a plastic gun away from a four-year-old . ` we were so late by this point i did n't have time to stop and argue with them so we just had to leave it because we did n't want to miss our flight . scientists have created cells capable of killing cancer for the first time . the dramatic breakthrough was made by researchers , the four-year-old boy was bought a replacement toy gun . the smile is back on james hayward 's face following the confiscation of his toy gun at east midlands airport . the # 6 plastic gadget was described as a semi-automatic soft dart gun by its manufacturers , and james was bought a new one off ebay when the family returned from their holidays . previous research has shown that killer t lymphocytes produced in the lab using conventional methods are inefficient in killing cancer cells mainly because they have a very short life-span , which limits their use as treatment for cancer . to overcome the problems , the japanese researchers , led by hiroshi kawamoto reprogrammed mature human killer t lymphocytes into ips cells and investigated how these cells differentiate . the team induced killer t lymphocytes . specific for a certain type of skin cancer to reprogramme into ips cells . east midlands airport apologised for the inconvenience but pointed out they had offered to post the toy back to the family 's home in doncaster , south yorkshire . defending the decision a spokeswoman said : ` the safety and security of our passengers is our first priority and all regulations on security are set by the government . ` this regulation states that no items may be permitted through security that resemble a prohibited item . ' the hand luggage restrictions on all uk flights is set by the department of transport , and while there is no specific mention were published in the journal cell stem cell . dr dusko ilic , senior lecturer in stem cell science , king 's college london , said : ` the study tackled a novel , quite interesting approach to cell based therapy , something that we do not usually hear about . ` although this approach requires further verification and a lot of work needs to be done before we can think about clinical trials , the initial data are promising . ` this pioneering work definitely provides a strong foundation to build and expand our knowledge about new opportunities in cell based therapy and personalised medicine . '
 The article discusses the story of James Haywood, a four-year-old boy who had his toy gun confiscated at East Midlands Airport. Security officers took the toy away from him after it was deemed a security risk. The incident has sparked debate about airport security measures and whether they are too strict. Some have criticized the move as an overreaction, while others argue that security protocols must be followed to ensure passenger safety.