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A parasite that could fight cancer

 Lately scientists have found a parasite that only affects dogs, that is a good candidate for cure for cancer. N. caninum is a microorganism that can cause severe neurological diseases for some animals, but for people it works in immunotherapy for cancer- it induces a strong immune response and even destroys cells it infects (in this case cancer cells). In my opinion, this information is very promising. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world even with many therapies we have already invented, so finding even more is a big thing. While chemotherapy and radiotherapy have bad side effects because it attacks non-cancerous cells, immunotherapy is so much better, because it stimulates the patient's body to attack those cancerous cells without harming the whole body. Even though I am not a doctor, I can still telI, that N.caninum has remarkable effects on humans in this case. Immunotherapy seems like the best way to fight currently incurable cancers, so findings like this parasite are just amazing news and a big step to treat for example brain cancer, that now with an average of 15 months survival. I hope that soon this therapy will be in use and we'll hear about cases where this little organism has helped many patients out.



Link:https://theconversation.com/a-dog-parasite-could-help-fight-incurable-cancers-what-our-immunotherapy-research-revealed-192205



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  1. englishdiary10 November 2022 at 11:43

    Let's be carefully optimistic. I've heard about so many promising therapies over the years and somehow we're still relying on chemo and radiotherapy. Miracles just don't happen.

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