Implant Makes Cells Kill Cancer (via Technology Review via Gizmodo)
A polymer device trains immune cells to shrink tumors.
By Katherine Bourzac
One of cancer’s cleverest tricks is its ability to hide from the immune system. A new approach to cancer treatment called immunotherapy could spare patients at least some of the grueling battery of chemotherapy treatments by retraining the body’s own defenders–the cells of the immune system–to recognize and destroy tumors. Now researchers at Harvard University have developed a simple way to do this inside the body: a polymer implant attracts and trains immune-system cells to go after cancer.
Want to get healthy? Exercise 7 minutes a week (via Reuters Health)
By Michael Kahn
LONDON (Reuters) – Rigorous workouts lasting as little as three minutes may help prevent diabetes by helping control blood sugar, British researchers said on Wednesday.
