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New cancer therapy ‘disguises’ tumors as pork to trigger immune attack, 90% effective


Chinese researchers turned the immune response to organ transplant rejection to cure cancer with a 90% success rate.

In a groundbreaking moment for cancer, Chinese researchers turned the immune response provoked by organ transplants to fight the leading cause of death worldwide. In an act of brilliant trickery, he investigated the immune response to transplant failure and engineered a virus that would, hopefully, provoke the body to kill cancer cells. South China Morning Post continued that the patients experienced a range of stunning results: partial remission, clinically viable cure, and halted tumor growth.

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