Researchers have found out tat a bit of gene tweaking could empower the human body in fighting off the most serious diseases. If you don’t believe me then read this following case to strengthen your facts:
MARK ORIGER of Watertown, Wisconsin, should be dead. In 2004 it became clear that conventional treatments for his skin cancer had failed. The disease had spread to his liver, and it wasn’t clear whether he’d live long enough to make it to his daughter’s wedding the following year. Yet he not only made it to the wedding, he is still alive today. His tumours are gone, and he appears to be free of cancer.
It was genetic engineering which came to his rescue. Cells taken from his body were given a programmed gene for attacking melanoma cells and then were again re implanted. The cells which were modified survived and destroyed all the tumors. Though this was just one of the patients who survived but it has rekindled hope that genetic engineering could work wonders for the mankind.
Via newscientist
