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Cancer Fighting Cells
Cancer Fighting Cells (CFCs) is a term used to describe cells that have the specific function to help fight cancerous tumors in the body. The body’s cancer fighting cells can be engineered to produce additional antibody cells that are stronger capable of destroying tumors. T-cells and certain stem cells have the specific function to fight cancerous tumors. They are modified in a way that will enhance their specific function. The term cancer fighting cells was created to describe these engineered cells.
Cancer fighting cells fall into the category immunotherapy, which is when an individuals immune systems are trained to fight their own cancers.〔Fox, Cynthia. “Training T Cells to Fight Their Own Cancers.” Bioscience Technology. http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/articles/2014/01/training-t-cells-fight-their-own-cancers.〕 In addition to chemotherapy and surgery, immunotherapy is becoming more involved in the fight against cancer. It hasn’t been fully integrated and accepted in the medical community due to being relatively new. Currently, there are clinical trials that are taking place to discover more about the effects and outcomes of this type of treatment.〔“CAR T-Cell Immunotherapy for ALL.” National Cancer Institute. http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/research/car-t-cells.〕
==Stem Cells==
Cells that are able to grow into different kinds of cells in the human body and can multiply quickly are known as stem cells. Several types of stem cells are able to seek out cancerous cells which make them a potential agent to help kill the cancer cells, but also makes them a target of cancerous cells as well. Tumors release proteins that attract stem cells making the stem cells a source that can kill the cancerous tumor.〔DOLGIN, ELIE. “Tomorrow’s Cancer Treatment?” Discover 36, no. 7 (September 2015): 20–21.〕
In order for a stem cell to help kill a tumor, they need to be genetically modified. The stem cells are usually modified with a cancer killing virus or protein. Once they are genetically modified they become killer cells. They can then be inserted into the body and once the proteins of the tumor attract the modified stem cells, the stem cells will latch onto that protein. Once they latch on to the protein, they release a killing agent that is used specifically to kill cancerous tumors. Because stem cells can multiply quickly, the modified stem cells can fight the tumors more rapidly.〔
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