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Article: Natural carbohydrate may help in killing cancer cells, US researchers report.
- Article from:
- Nutraceuticals International
- Article date:
- August 1, 2004
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Researchers have identified a natural carbohydrate that recruits innate immune cells to assist monoclonal antibodies in the killing of cancer cells, providing a third mechanism by which this immunotherapy destroys tumors. The results were published in July 15 issue of The Journal of Immunology, the official publication of the American Association of Immunologists. An abstract of the article is available at: www.jimmunol.org/.
Monoclonal antibodies, which are manufactured in a laboratory to target specific antigens present on tumor surfaces, are known to kill cancer cells in two ways. One method is to attract Natural Killer and other cells to attack the ...