Discover a new way to boost immunity to destroy cancer

Researchers at Harvard Medical School, in collaboration with scientists at Bar-Ilan University, have discovered a new way to boost the immune system to fight cancer. Most drugs used in the treatment of cancer can not stimulate the immune system to the level required to destroy tumors. The new way to activate the immune system lets hope to overcome this problem.

Depending on the nature, this mechanism of activation of the immune system is more effective in identifying and destroying cancer cells. To this end, scientists suggest blocking the release of virus-like genes into cells. Scientists have observed that the effectiveness of this method was superior in cases of lung cancer and skin.

"We discovered that when this mechanism is blocked, the immune system becomes more sensitive to tumors," the researchers explain.

According to the researchers, this method showed for the first time that the loss of function of the modified DNA ribosome of the enzyme "ADAR1" in tumor cells allowed these tumors to better respond to the tumor. ; immunotherapy.