Salmonella - a new cancer drug

Salmonella bacteria - and a powerful new weapon against cancer, as scientists have found. During the research it was found that Salmonella activates the protective mechanisms of the body against tumor diseases.

The enemy suddenly turned into another. This conclusion can be made, if acquainted with the work group of Italian scientists from the University of Milan, who found that the treatment of tumors using Salmonella bacteria It may be successful, as the bacteria stimulate the most powerful   immune response   our body by which effectively destroyed Cancer cells and. Moreover, Salmonella becomes a kind of vaccine against further tumor growth.

Cancer cells   particularly dangerous for our body, because they are able to deceive immune system   Rights, which usually carefully monitors all anomalies and destroys them. But if you run into the body of the cancer patient salmonella, the immune system will "wake up" and begin to destroy the tumor.

The first experiments on mice have shown the whole high efficiency of this method of treatment. Rodents rid of tumors after the introduction of the virus in their bodies salmonella. The following year, Italian scientists intend to begin experiments on humans.

But these bacteria are dangerous by themselves, so you can win a disease caused by another? "We do not call salmonellosis in cancer patients - in a hurry to explain one of the researchers, Dr. Maria rubber. - The body is introduced very small dose Salmonella bacteria , Which themselves can not cause disease, but awakens immune system . In mice the immune system, they say, wake up and immediately began to destroy the cancer. "

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