Natural killer cells ‘successful’ in deterring cancer relapse

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Natural killer cells ‘successful’ in deterring cancer relapse

By THE NATION

 

Doctors yesterday announce the possibility of natural killer cells from donors helping protect former leukaemia patients from cancer.

 

THAI researchers have announced the first successful step towards the prevention of cancer relapsing in high-risk leukaemia patients.

 

The first patient in their research project, which involves deploying natural killer cells, has demonstrated a clear, satisfactory response. 

 

“One year after receiving the natural killer cells from her elder sister, there is no sign of a cancer relapse in her,” Asst Professor Dr Udomsak Bunworasate from Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine said yesterday. 

 

Launched last year, the project also had four other participants, whose health conditions are being monitored. The latest participant was given natural killer cells two months ago.

 

Dr Koramit Suppipat, who heads the research on cell therapy for cancer patients at the faculty, explained that natural killer cells are present in human bodies and were crucial to the immune system.

 

“They normally account for between five and 10 per cent of white blood cells,” he said, “These cells have the ability to detect and destroy abnormal cells before they form tumours and cancer.”

 

He said his institute had in 2014 initiated the project to research and develop a way to treat leukaemia among high-risk groups with natural killer cells, thanks to funding from the Thailand Centre of Excellence for Life Science (TCELS).

 

Last year, with more funds from other units, his team could start the pilot research project to conduct clinical trials using natural killer cells from donors on a high-risk group of acute myeloid leukaemia patients.

 

Udomsak said all five patients in the project faced the prospects of cancer relapsing, after being treated and cured, and did not respond positively to standard treatment choices – not even bone-marrow transplantation - anymore. 

 

Koramit said to date his institute had successfully maintained the level of natural killer cells for the treatments of patients in the project.

 

“This project will continue,” he said.

 

Professor Dr Suttipong Wacharasindhu, dean of the Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine, said cancer was the biggest killer in Thailand since 1999.

 

“This is the reason why we are committed to developing comprehensive cancer treatments,” he said. 

 

TCELS deputy director Sirasak Teparkum said more than 10,000 Thais died of cancer each year. 

 

“It should be noted that cancer can relapse for people who have already recovered from cancer,” he said. 

 

According to him, TCELS has constantly supported research that seeks to develop new treatment methods for cancer and also various other diseases. 

“Now, we are working with more than 200 researchers,” Sirasak said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30368233

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-04-24

[justin case]

"natural killer cells from donors"

 

no thank you

 

you have natural killer cells in RICE BRAIN ...they make supplement IP6

 

naturally increase you NK cells without plasma or blood from strangers filled with virus or bacteria they don't test, don't know or don't care...

 

Chemo does not kill CANCER STEM CELLS, neither does radiation ...

 

chemo has a side effect of .... drum roll.... creating more CANCER in the future ...

 

EVERYBODY HAS CANCER EVERY SINGLE DAY

 

if you have an immune system, than it kills the 10.000 - 20.000 cancer cells per day

 

if you kill it with chemo (fast) or sugar (slow, for 6 hours per serving) than you get what you ordered ...

 

maybe in 20 years, MD's in hospital will finally catch-up what ND's know now or for the last 20-80 years

 

but hospitals are in the SICK BUSINESS... and have shareholders and governments don't have care nor knowledge that chemical pills cure nothing, but big pharma lobby is there to keep everything how it is now .... endless increase in sick care costs

 

[Pravda]

Where's Ebola and HIV cure?

[wotsdermatter]

One of my ex-students in Canada is now one of the top oncologists working in the U.S.A.  Her e-mailed two-word response to my sending the story to her was, "No way".

[petedk]

1 hour ago, Pravda said:

Where's Ebola and HIV cure?

I wasn't going to read this article after reading about HIV and Ebola.

 

It's a question of shouting "wolf" too many times.

[CGW]

3 hours ago, justin case said:

maybe in 20 years, MD's in hospital will finally catch-up what ND's know now or for the last 20-80 years

The day MD catch up and see their profession primarily as money based, they will be struck off the medical register and no longer allowed to "practice" 

Don't want them getting above their station as representatives selling drugs for "Big Pharma" the same people that license them to practice - strangely enough 

[Cadbury]

2 hours ago, Pravda said:

Where's Ebola and HIV cure?

Give them a break. Thai researchers have only just discovered the cure for cancer.

They are presently working on cures for Ebola and HIV and they will likely be announced after all the commercial palm greasing is finalised with cannabis. Those two "cures" should give a big boost to production, sales and income to the "connected" vested interests.