What if our immune system is able to eradicate cancer the same way it treats a cold or the flu? This much feared infection would be relegated to the rank of disease of ancient times, such as tuberculosis or syphilis. The problem with tumor cells is that they have the power to go unnoticed by our immune system. It has safeguards that prevent it from attacking the healthy tissues of our body. It identifies specific proteins present in the DNA of our cells as so many passes. However, malignant cells have the capacity to express these proteins in order to deceive its vigilance. Result: proliferation, without the body defending itself.
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For many years researchers have been trying to activate the immune system. It was not until the 2000s that we began to understand how it worked. The first modern immunotherapy drugs were put on
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