CANCER WEAK SPOTS DISMANTLED
Scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute in the UK have disabled 30 types of cancer using genetic instructions. This process has led to new ideas for the treatment for one of the more troubling diseases facing many societies around the world.
The research has also revealed 600 cancer vunerabilities that could be a target for a specific treatment.The scientists have used a relatively new tool called Crisper - the same genetic technology that was used to re-engineer two babies in China last year.This tool manipulates the DNA of each patient. And has proven to be an inexpensive form of diagnosis and treatment.
Cancer is caused by mutations inside our body's own cel lthat change the instructions written into our DNA. Mutations corrupt cells leading to them growing uncontrollably, spreading around the body and eventually killing people.
Credit: BBC Health
Scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute in the UK have disabled 30 types of cancer using genetic instructions. This process has led to new ideas for the treatment for one of the more troubling diseases facing many societies around the world.
The research has also revealed 600 cancer vunerabilities that could be a target for a specific treatment.The scientists have used a relatively new tool called Crisper - the same genetic technology that was used to re-engineer two babies in China last year.This tool manipulates the DNA of each patient. And has proven to be an inexpensive form of diagnosis and treatment.
Cancer is caused by mutations inside our body's own cel lthat change the instructions written into our DNA. Mutations corrupt cells leading to them growing uncontrollably, spreading around the body and eventually killing people.
Credit: BBC Health