HARVARD RESEARCHERS LOOK TOWARDS NATURE TO BEAT CANCER

Every year more than 18 million people are told “You have cancer”. Why it is happened as a major fear among people ?the reason is that unrepaired genetic damage can cause the cells to grow uncontrablly.

BEATING CANCER
Why beating cancer is so difficult.?. The reason is that cancer is not just 1 disease it is group of more than 100 diseases, that’s why removing from the body is so difficult.

CANCER BIOLOGY
Research into cancer biology has revealed it to be the most complex and insidious human disease for a variety of reasons. Cancer can be of so many reasons firstly it may be due to number of factored like viral infections and then may be due to some malfunction caused by body’s own cells, then may be due to genetic information and also may be due to number of tricks followed like hide and then attack ways.

TREATMENT INVOLVED IN CANCER
Aggressive triumvirate of surgery
Radiation
Chemotherapy

HARVARD RESEARCHERS AT WYNSS INSTITUTE
Scientists at Wynss institute for biologically inspired engineering with expertise in fields ranging from molecular cell biology and immunology to material science are at the forefront of several of these novel approaches.

Better drug delivery is in our blood
Creating a safe space for immune cells
A neighbourhood watch for cancer

BETTER DRUG DELIVERY IS IN OUR BLOOD
Samir Mitragotri a core faculty member at Wynss institute stated that “If we can deliver a chemical signal to a monotype via a nanoparticle backpacks that keeps them in the ‘ON’ state after they differentiates into macrophages, they could be much more effective at attacking a tumour rather than becoming part of it”.

CREATING A SAFE SPACE FOR IMMUNE CELLS
A newer tactic, cancer vaccines, attempts to modify a patient’s immune system from within that it not only attacks the existing tumour but also helps in creating a immune “memory”

A NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH FOR CANCER
Immunology is all the rage for treating cancer after they occur, but every cancer arrives from what was once a normal cell.
By combining organ chips with bio informatics and machine learning approaches, the team hopes to identify a new stromal-targeted treatments which can restore the inflammation tissue to its healthy form, thereby preventing cancer progression.