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British Scientists May Have Found Cure For Cancer. By Accident.

Hank Berrien
British Scientists May Have Found Cure For Cancer. By Accident.
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British scientists may have discovered a cure for cancer — by accident.

As The Telegraph reports, “Researchers at Cardiff University were analyzing blood from a bank in Wales, looking for immune cells that could fight bacteria, when they found an entirely new type of T-cell. That new immune cell carries a never-before-seen receptor which acts like a grappling hook, latching on to most human cancers, while ignoring healthy cells.”

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