Important Innovations

  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane HOPE FOR PATIENTS WITH UNTREATABLE CANCER                          Source: King's College London & Stock King's College London cancer researchers have discovered a completely new antibody produced by the human body that latches onto cancer cells and kills them Called IgG, it is a new type of immune therapy that tackles untreatable cancers Lead researcher & author of the study Oncologist/Professor Dr. James Spicer of Kings College says IgG is well tolerated by patients and it shrunk a cancerous tumor in an ovarian cancer patient It is undergoing clinical trials on patients in the UK IgG is an immune system protein that is made naturally in the human body This new discovery is said by the research team to show tremendous promise and could lead to the development of a new class of drugs to shrink