We usually associate tobacco with being a cause for cancer rather than a solution or a cure.
Arizona scientists would tell you differently, they think that tobacco plants may hold the key to developing a cancer vaccine that is personalized and possibly the cure for many other diseases.
The field of plant-based biotechnology is growing at fast paced rate and this type of cancer treatment is gaining so much interest that even drug giants like the German company Bayer are keeping an eye on this new vaccine.
Charles Arntzen, director of the ASU Biodesign Institute's Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology said, "Most important is that the vaccine has been successfully used in human clinical trials."
It showed an immune response in 70% of patients that had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma when it was tested. This testing is just in its early stages but none of the patients had any harmful side effects after the treatment.
This is why we should never act too quickly in trying to get any kind of drug or plant banned. Tobacco may be the solution to the problem it has been causing all along.
[Via: azcentral.com]
