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In 1893, the American Journal of the Medical Sciences reported on 10 patients whose large and hitherto incurable cancers had been injected with bacteria taken from skin infections. In every case, striking improvement was seen, marking the birth of “cancer immunotherapy”—using the power of the immune system to attack cancer…
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Immunotherapy was meant to defeat cancer—what happened to the great promise?
In 1893, the American Journal of the Medical Sciences reported on 10 patients whose large and hitherto incurable cancers had been injected with bacteria taken from skin infections. In every case, striking improvement was seen, marking the birth of “cancer immunotherapy”—using the power of the immune system to attack cancer…