Re: OT: Molecular zip code draws T cells straight to brain tumors

On 8/12/2024 4:17 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:

Molecular zip code draws killer T cells straight to brain tumors
  https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241205184621.htm
Source:
  University of California - San Francisco
Summary:
  Scientists have developed a 'molecular GPS' to guide immune cells into the brain
  and kill tumors without harming healthy tissue.
 Seems revolutionary to me!

Of course it would. You don't know much.
https://australianoftheyear.org.au/news-and-media/news/article/2024-australian-year-awards-announced
Professor Richard Scolyer seems to owe his life to a similar innovation. He shared the prize with his colleague Professor Georgina Long who did a lot of the medical work.
We don't know how long he is going to last, but he looks fine at the moment.
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Bill Sloman, Sydney