Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Mickey and Minnie Help Cure Cancer, Well Sort Of.


This article talks about the research done by the Mayo Clinic in Arizona and the University of Georgia. They have managed to make vaccine that dramatically reduces two forms of cancer in mice.Yes the Mickey and Minnie will no longer have to worry about the troubles of both breast and pancreatic cancer. Now how does this help us humans besides sparing some of our favorite Disney characters? Well here is a quote straight from the article, "have developed a vaccine that dramatically reduces tumors in a mouse model that mimics 90 percent of human breast and pancreatic cancer cases — including those that are resistant to common treatments." 

The smart men and women have manage to find a way to make the immune system recognize cancerous cells and fight them. In could still be many years until this work leads to a human version of the vaccine but its a big step in the right direction.

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