Autoimmune T-cells: Cancer link

jenrio

Th17 cells, implicated in autoimmune disease, also our potential ally in fighting cancer
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18075-autoimmune-disease-cells-harnessed-to-fight-cancer.html

Note how recently Th17 was discovered (2005)! Note also how the very learned scientist from MD Anderson got a result that surprised them. This paper is 2009. There are also a lot of literature that seem to implicate Th17 in cancer.

It will take at least 10 years for any drugs to come out of this. But I'm awed by how much we don't know and remain to be learned about human body. My eldest (5) claims he already knows everything. I want to be there to pop his bubble when he's 13 and still thinks he knows everything!