The Beeb reports that a team at the US National Cancer Institute have successfully treated two men for the dangerous skin cancer melanoma using their own modified T-cells. Much research remains to be done before such treatment becomes practical, but this is a pretty big deal.
We celebrate this development not least because of our own experience with melanoma. We've been blessed with early detection and simple outpatient surgical treatment, but one contemplates mortality when getting a malignant lesion removed from what used to be home to a freckle.
Thanks to Dr. Stephen Rosenberg and all the bright folks on his team for their helpful messing with DNA.
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