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1、雅思阅读实战训练(十)-newweapontofightcancer1.Britishscientistsarepreparingtolaunchtrialsofaradicalnewwaytofightcancer,whichkillstumoursbyinfectingthemwithviruseslikethecommoncold.2.Ifsuccessful,virustherapycouldeventuallyformathirdpillaralongsideradiotherapyandchemothe
2、rapyinthestandardarsenalagainstcancer,whileavoidingsomeofthedebilitatingside-effects.3.LeonardSeymour,aprofessorofgenetherapyatOxfordUniversity,whohasbeenworkingonthevirustherapywithcolleaguesinLondonandtheUS,willleadthetrialslaterthisyear.CancerResearchUKsaid
3、yesterdaythatitwasexcitedbythepotentialofProfSeymour‘spioneeringtechniques.4.Oneofthecountry‘sleadinggeneticists,ProfSeymourhasbeenworkingwithvirusesthatkillcancercellsdirectly,whileavoidingharmtohealthytissue."Inprinciple,you‘vegotsomethingwhichcouldbemanytim
4、esmoreeffectivethanregularchemotherapy,"hesaid.5.Cancer-killingvirusesexploitthefactthatcancercellssuppressthebody‘slocalimmunesystem."Ifacancerdoesn‘tdothat,theimmunesystemwipesitout.Ifyoucangetavirusintoatumour,virusesfindthemaverygoodplacetobebecausethere‘s
5、noimmunesystemtostopthemreplicating.Youcanregarditasthecancer‘sAchilles‘heel."96.Onlyasmallamountofthevirusneedstogettothecancer."Theyreplicate,yougetamillioncopiesineachcellandthecellburstsandtheyinfectthetumourcellsadjacentandrepeattheprocess,"saidProfSeymou
6、r.7.Preliminaryresearchonmiceshowsthatthevirusesworkwellontumoursresistanttostandardcancerdrugs."It‘saninterestingpossibilitythattheymayhaveanadvantageinkillingdrug-resistanttumours,whichcouldbequitedifferenttoanythingwe‘vehadbefore."8.Researchershaveknownfors
7、ometimethatvirusescankilltumourcellsandsomeaspectsoftheworkhavealreadybeenpublishedinscientificjournals.Americanscientistshavepreviouslyinjectedvirusesdirectlyintotumoursbutthistechniquewillnotworkifthecancerisinaccessibleorhasspreadthroughoutthebody.9.ProfSey
8、mour‘sinnovativesolutionistomaskthevirusfromthebody‘simmunesystem,effectivelyallowingthevirusestodowhatchemotherapydrugsdo-spreadthroughthebloodandreachtumourswherevertheyare.Thebi
