T Cell Engineering Breakthrough Sidesteps Need for Viruses in Gene-Editing

July 11, 2018 Source:  University of California - San Francisco Summary:  In an achievement that has significant implications for research, medicine, and industry, scientists have genetically reprogrammed the human immune cells known as T cells without using viruses to insert DNA. The researchers said they expect their technique -- a rapid, versatile, and economical

New cancer 'wonder' drugs trigger cancer spread to bones

(Reprint-NaturalNews) Most cancer drugs are used to hopefully kill tumors and keep malignancies from spreading. Unfortunately, new research from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis raises serious concerns that Big Pharma's highly touted class of cancer drugs known as IAP antagonists actually increases the risk of tumors spreading to bone. "These investigational