Teaching the Immune System to Attack Cancer with Greater Precision

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Teaching the Immune System to Attack Cancer with Greater Precision
To protect humans from COVID-19, the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines program human cells to translate the injected synthetic messenger RNA into the coronavirus spike protein, which then primes the immune system to arm itself against future appearances of that protein. It turns out that the immune system can also be trained to spot and attack distinctive proteins on cancer cells, killing them and leaving healthy cells potentially untouched.
While these precision cancer vaccines remain experimental, researchers continue to make basic discoveries that move the field forward. That includes a recent NIH-funded study in mice that helps to refine the selection of protein targets on tumors as a way to boost the immune response [1]. To enable this boost, the researchers first had to discover a possible solution to a longstanding challenge in developing precision cancer vaccines: T cell exhaustion
The term refers to the immune system’s complement of T cells and their capacity to learn to recognize foreign proteins, also known as neoantigens, and attack them on cancer cells to shrink tumors. But these responding T cells can exhaust themselves attacking tumors, limiting the immune response and making its benefits short-lived.
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I am not sure if you could technically "teach" your immune system to fight cancer, but you can certainly help yourself by eating healthy foods. You can certainly improve your immune system by eating the right kind of foods that could help you to make your immune system stronger and also help your body to fight cancer. One of the best ways to do that is by eating healthy vegetables and fruits. Fruits and vegetables have been proved to not only make you healthier, but they also help you to fight various kinds of cancers such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, blood cancer, etc. Cancer is a really deadly disease that kills many people each year.

One of the biggest reasons why the percentage of people suffering from cancer is increasing is because many people are eating fast food a lot and fast food consumption is one of the main reasons why cancer spreads. Apart from that exercise can also help you to prevent cancer. many people nowadays do not exercise and they later develop a higher risk of suffering from cancerous cells. A good lifestyle that involves eating healthy food and being physically healthy is the key to prevent cancer.