A kinder cancer drug

Some children in the UK are being given a drug for cancer that is designed to be kinder to the body than traditional treatment. Cancer is the name for a collection of diseases caused by oddly behaving cells growing out of control. Cells are the building blocks of your body. Cancer is treated in many different ways, including chemotherapy – which involves taking strong drugs to kill off cancer cells. However, it can also affect healthy cells and make people feel really sick. The new treatment, called blinatumomab – “blina” for short – teaches the immune system (the body’s tool for protecting itself against illness) to target and kill cancer cells only. Doctors say that, because of this, it is kinder to the body and has fewer nasty side effects.…

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