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1、雅思考试阅读模拟试题更多雅思报名官网的最新消息,最专业的雅思备考资料,无忧考网将为大家发布。★newweapontofightcancer1.Britishscientistsarepreparingtolaunchtrialsofaradicalnewwaytofightcancer,whichkillstumoursbyinfectingthemwithviruseslikethecommoncold.2.Ifsuccessful,virustherapycouldeventuallyformathirdpillar
2、alongsideradiotherapyandchemotherapyinthestandardarsenalagainstcancer,whileavoidingsomeofthedebilitatingside-effects.3.LeonardSeymour,aprofessorofgenetherapyatOxfordUniversity,whohasbeenworkingonthevirustherapywithcolleaguesinLondonandtheUS,willleadthetrialslater
3、thisyear.CancerResearchUKsaidyesterdaythatitwas11excitedbythepotentialofProfSeymour'spioneeringtechniques.4.Oneofthecountry'sleadinggeneticists,ProfSeymourhasbeenworkingwithvirusesthatkillcancercellsdirectly,whileavoidingharmtohealthytissue."Inprinciple,you'vegot
4、somethingwhichcouldbemanytimesmoreeffectivethanregularchemotherapy,"hesaid.5.Cancer-killingvirusesexploitthefactthatcancercellssuppressthebody'slocalimmunesystem."Ifacancerdoesn'tdothat,theimmunesystemwipesitout.Ifyoucangetavirusintoatumour,virusesfindthemaverygo
5、odplacetobebecausethere'snoimmunesystemtostopthemreplicating.Youcanregarditasthecancer'sAchilles'heel."6.Onlyasmallamountofthevirusneedstogettothecancer."Theyreplicate,yougetamillioncopiesineachcellandthecellburstsandthey11infectthetumourcellsadjacentandrepeatthe
6、process,"saidProfSeymour.7.Preliminaryresearchonmiceshowsthatthevirusesworkwellontumoursresistanttostandardcancerdrugs."It'saninterestingpossibilitythattheymayhaveanadvantageinkillingdrug-resistanttumours,whichcouldbequitedifferenttoanythingwe'vehadbefore."8.Rese
7、archershaveknownforsometimethatvirusescankilltumourcellsandsomeaspectsoftheworkhavealreadybeenpublishedinscientificjournals.Americanscientistshavepreviouslyinjectedvirusesdirectlyintotumoursbutthistechniquewillnotworkifthecancerisinaccessibleorhasspreadthroughout
8、thebody.9.ProfSeymour'sinnovativesolutionistomaskthevirusfromthebody'simmunesystem,effectivelyallowingthevirusestodowhatchemotherapydrugsdo11-spreadthroughtheb
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