Promising new cancer therapy treats the root cause rather than the disease

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong (Courtesy photo)
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, renowned cancer researcher and owner of the Los Angeles Times, is making headlines for a groundbreaking medical development he says could change how the world prevents and treats cancer.The therapy, called BioShield, is designed to activate the body’s natural killer (NK) cells—part of the immune system that identifies and destroys dangerous cells, including cancer and virus-infected cells.“In our bodies, there’s a cell that God created 450 million years ago called the natural killer cell,” said Dr. Soon-Shiong in a recent interview. “It’s the first responder in your body to recognize anything that’s dangerous and kill it.”While T-cells have been the primary focus of immune-based therapies for decades, Dr. Soon-Shiong argues that NK cel
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