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ImmunoGen, which is based in Cambridge, Mass., is working to develop drugs that destroy cancer cells while leaving healthy cells intact.
The therapeutic vaccine works by stimulating the body's own immune system to identify and attack cancer cells while leaving healthy tissue unharmed.
A promising application of that research involves packaging genes into nanoparticles that are targeted to cancer cells, thereby killing cancer cells specifically and leaving healthy cells unharmed.
The manufactured antibodies were called monoclonal antibodies, and scientists were immediately intrigued with the idea of using them as "magic bullets" to attack diseased cells while leaving healthy ones unscathed, thereby minimizing side effects.
British and Canadian scientists have recently shown that a drug called lopanivir, used to treat HIV infected people, can kill cells infected by HPV, while leaving healthy cells relatively unharmed.
Researchers always hope that finding a gene will lead them to a treatment that is able to kill or block the growth of cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed.
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Today, the discoveries taking place in our federally-financed labs and universities could lead to new treatments that kill cancer cells but leave healthy ones untouched.
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