A Kiwi professor has developed a new treatment which may be the
answer to helping those diagnosed with the incurable disease: asbestos
lung cancer. Associate Professor at the University of Sydney
Medical School, New Zealander Dr Glen Reid, has spent the past few years
working on research into a new treatment for mesothelioma - lung cancer
caused by exposure to asbestos.
Dubbed TargomiRs, the treatment uses tiny cells loaded with a microRNA which is deficient in mesothelioma, a statement says. Those tiny cells are then administered to a patient as they sit in a chemotherapy chair in a bid to restore the body's natural tumour-suppressing mechanisms.
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Dubbed TargomiRs, the treatment uses tiny cells loaded with a microRNA which is deficient in mesothelioma, a statement says. Those tiny cells are then administered to a patient as they sit in a chemotherapy chair in a bid to restore the body's natural tumour-suppressing mechanisms.
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