However, the phrase «repair cancerous cells» suggests advanced medical nanotechnology, of the type Freitas has proposed, that could be capable of molecular level repair of cells rather than
necessarily killing cancerous cells.
One study showed that when curcumin is used together with tamoxifen in treating melanoma (the deadliest form of skin cancer), the combined therapy
selectively killed cancerous cells while preserving noncancerous cells.
Whether it turns into a tumor or not is determined by your immune system's ability to
kill the cancerous cell before it multiplies and possibly becomes carcinogenic.
The study's findings, published in the journal Cancer Research, are the first to use these combined agents as an immune stimulator and may have the potential to
kill cancerous cells in solid tumors, including some of the most aggressive cancers that form in the lung and pancreas.
«Our test should make it possible to find drug combinations that
kill ALL the cancerous cells in a tumor,» Skala said.
- GalCer ligands serve as tiny dock masters in our immune system, helping antigen - presenting cells attract and bind with iNKT cells so they can be activated to
kill cancerous cells or fight off pathogens and other foreign invaders.
As its name suggests, this hormone helps to
kill cancerous cells.
When they tested the mutant viral strain and the original parental strain in glioblastoma stem cells, they found that the original strain was more potent, but that the mutant strain also succeeded in
killing the cancerous cells.
Doctors usually do the most common form of radiation therapy with x-rays, which can penetrate tissue,
killing the cancerous cells in deep - seated tumors.
Chemotherapy is a treatment that uses medicine to
kill cancerous cells.
A patient receives intensive chemotherapy with or without total body irradiation therapy in an attempt to
kill all cancerous cells, but which also destroy his / her own bone marrow function.
Trying to target and
kill cancerous cells in the body without damaging the healthy ones is one of the big challenges in developing safe and effective cancer treatments.
Its active nutrient called gingerol also has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties,
kills cancerous cells and inhibits their growth, and stimulates the immune system.
A blend of medicinal mushrooms that helps fight tumor growth and boost the body's natural ability to
kill cancerous cells.