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Last reviewed: 02.07.2025
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Scientists are working on creating a drug that will help humanity get rid of cancer. According to experts, they intend to create a drug that will fight the disease for many years. To do this, scientists will make changes to human immune cells, which will increase the protective reaction. This approach will allow specialists to obtain a drug that has a long-lasting effect.
According to some sources, the development of such a drug was initiated by employees of the San Raffaello Scientific Institute, located in Milan. According to doctors, they are trying to create a drug that will make the human body remember the disease, in this case cancer, and prevent its development in the future.
Experts note that the cancer treatment method resembles a "live vaccine" that is constantly active, i.e. it is waiting for a relapse of cancer and is ready to immediately block the growth of atypical cells. For the first time, doctors have managed to prove that modified components can remain in the body for a long time, at least 14 years.
According to Italian scientists, T-cells have a powerful effect, the author of the new research project Chiara Bonini is confident that in the near future a unique medicine will be created and cancer patients will have a chance not only for a full recovery, but will also not be afraid of the recurrence of the disease.
In their study, the scientists involved 10 patients who had undergone bone marrow transplants and who received enhanced immune therapy, including T cells.
During the observation of the patients' condition, experts noted a significant improvement in the well-being of the study participants, in connection with which the scientists are confident that the results obtained will help develop an effective drug for oncological diseases.
In another study, scientists were able to develop a unique method of cancer treatment. A group of Belarusian and American scientists, after a series of experiments and observations, created a method based on the use of gold particles. By the way, the new method of cancer therapy has already passed its first tests, and the results are more than successful.
Experts tested the new treatment on rodents – all animals were injected with gold nanoparticles with antibodies before surgery.
The therapy also used a laser, the radiation of which contributed to the formation of nanobubbles in cancer cells. The antibodies used by scientists are capable of recognizing malignant cells and, according to experts, this study is a real breakthrough for science. The scientists noted that the method they propose allows treating only atypical cells, while normal cells are not affected.
One of the authors of the project explained that after surgery to remove a tumor, the tissue is treated with a laser and nanobubbles “find” the remaining malignant cells in the body and destroy them.
According to the researchers, the animals involved in the experiments showed 100% survival, while in the group of mice that did not receive gold nanoparticles, 80% experienced a relapse of the disease and the animals eventually died.