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New technique could kill a wide range of cancer cells, including breast and prostate.
Blood sample would be taken from a cancer patient for extracting T cells.
Harmless virus would be used to genetically modify T cells to target cancer cells.
Single type of T-cell in our immune system can scan the body, find a threat and destroy it.
Cells receptor binds with a molecule MR1, which signals distorted metabolism inside a cancerous cell.
T-cells kill a wide range of cancerous cells, leaving normal tissues untouched.
Research has been tested only in animals and on cells in the laboratory.
