In a recent study done by MIT researchers, Senti Bio is engineering immune cells, to be able to distinguish the difference between healthy and cancerous cells. Since proteins that are found on cancer cells, are often also found on healthy ones too, Senti Bio has been developing immune cells to make detecting this protein easier. Former MIT faculty member, Tim Lu said, "Kill anything displaying the cancer target, but spare anything that has this healthy target".
During the clinical trial, 2 of the 3 patients treated, experienced complete remission. Not even the bone marrow tests were able to detect any cancer cells. Senti Bio leaves hope for cancer patients, their lead clinical trial focused mainly on patients with relapsed or refractory blood cancers. However, they've been partnering with different companies, to perform more trials on patients with liver cancer.
As someone whose father has had two different forms of cancer already, learning about these new immune cells gives me hope. Nobody likes cancer, so knowing that there is a possibility of curing it, I think these new immune cells are an amazing idea. I believe that they're a huge step in the right direction.
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