Plant tobacco, which is responsible for many cases of cancer, may help in the treatment of a form of the disease, according to U.S. scientists. The scientists used the tobacco plant as an important component of a vaccine against cancer. Experts believe that this vaccine could help in the treatment of lymphomas. Lymphoma - is cancer of the lymphoid tissue, different by enlarged lymph nodes and / or lesions of internal organs, where it marked uncontrolled accumulation "tumor" cells. According to researchers at Stanford and the University of California, it is rather ironic role for tobacco. Specialists components used cause tobacco plants antibody for B cells, follicular lymphoma. These antibodies are for patients who have been recently diagnosed with cancer managed by altering the body's immune system to attack tumor cells. In case of a successful experiment, the body will be able to destroy the lymphoma cells. However, the difficulty lies in the fact that the antibodies for each person is unique, so you need to produce it in a short time for each patient, after receiving the diagnosis. The idea is not new, have been trying to create antibodies in animal cells, but the results were not very successful. A vaccine based on the tobacco plant would be much cheaper and safer as well as animal cells contain unknown viruses. At the moment, an experimental vaccine has been on a small number of volunteers for side effects, tested effective in controlling the disease is still questionable.
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