A new therapy approved by the Food and Drug Administration supercharges the body’s immune system to kill a kind of skin cancer, opening the door to targeting more common tumors.
Cancer therapy approved by FDA uses body’s own cells as a ‘living drug’::undefined
To be fair, that is a direct quote taken from one of the researchers:
“The concept that the FDA has now acknowledged is that you can use a patient’s own cells as a living drug to treat their disease, and that to me is a very exciting step forward,” said Steve Rosenberg, a senior investigator for the National Cancer Institute who has helped pioneer the newly approved therapy since the 1980s.
Cool technology but “living drug” is the dumbest possible analogy here.
But an excellent band name. Imagine “chemo for the soul” by Living Drugs, feat. 4skin
Something, something, technology indistinguishable from magic, something, education funding, something, something.
To be fair, that is a direct quote taken from one of the researchers: