Comments on: Coley’s Cancer-Killing Concoction http://timelesssky.com/blog/coleys-cancer-killing-concoction anything under the sky Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:55:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: sky http://timelesssky.com/blog/coleys-cancer-killing-concoction#comment-9260 sky Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:49:48 +0000 http://timelesssky.com/blog/coley%e2%80%99s-cancer-killing-concoction#comment-9260 <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/18/healthscience/flu.php" rel="nofollow">Antibodies from 1918 flu pandemic found in survivors living today</a>. (IHT) Nine decades after history's most lethal flu faded away, survivors' bloodstreams still carry highly potent protection against the 1918 virus, demonstrating the remarkable durability of the human immune system. Researchers manipulated those antibodies into a vaccine and found that it kept alive all the mice they had injected with the killer flu, according to a study published online Sunday in the journal Nature. Antibodies from 1918 flu pandemic found in survivors living today. (IHT)
Nine decades after history’s most lethal flu faded away, survivors’ bloodstreams still carry highly potent protection against the 1918 virus, demonstrating the remarkable durability of the human immune system.
Researchers manipulated those antibodies into a vaccine and found that it kept alive all the mice they had injected with the killer flu, according to a study published online Sunday in the journal Nature.

]]> By: sky http://timelesssky.com/blog/coleys-cancer-killing-concoction#comment-1927 sky Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:10:40 +0000 http://timelesssky.com/blog/coley%e2%80%99s-cancer-killing-concoction#comment-1927 <a href="http://www.physorg.com/news114615199.html" rel="nofollow">Immune system can drive cancers into dormant state</a>. (Physorg) <blockquote> A multinational team of researchers has shown for the first time that the immune system can stop the growth of a cancerous tumor without actually killing it. The results also may help explain why some tumors seem to suddenly stop growing and go into a lasting period of dormancy. Equilibrium sometimes may be a more common outcome of tumor-immune encounters than elimination. According to the researchers' theory, some of us may harbor dormant tumors that either developed spontaneously or from exposure to carcinogens. They propose that these quiescent tumors are unleashed only as we age or are exposed to environmental, infectious or physical stresses that cause a breakdown of the immune system. To follow up, researchers plan a molecular-level investigation of what happens in tumors and the immune system during equilibrium. They also want to test their results' applicability both in humans and in different types of cancers. </blockquote> Immune system can drive cancers into dormant state. (Physorg)

A multinational team of researchers has shown for the first time that the immune system can stop the growth of a cancerous tumor without actually killing it. The results also may help explain why some tumors seem to suddenly stop growing and go into a lasting period of dormancy.

Equilibrium sometimes may be a more common outcome of tumor-immune encounters than elimination. According to the researchers’ theory, some of us may harbor dormant tumors that either developed spontaneously or from exposure to carcinogens. They propose that these quiescent tumors are unleashed only as we age or are exposed to environmental, infectious or physical stresses that cause a breakdown of the immune system.

To follow up, researchers plan a molecular-level investigation of what happens in tumors and the immune system during equilibrium. They also want to test their results’ applicability both in humans and in different types of cancers.

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