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Jewish World Review
Dec. 12, 2013/ 9 Teves, 5774
Has cancer just been cured?
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Dave Ross
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In 1996 Doug Olson was diagnosed with cancer: a form of Leukemia.
"I was only 49 years old and I had a wife and four kids," recounts Olson.
His doctor told him he would need a bone marrow transplant, which only had a 50-50 chance of succeeding. But if he wanted to risk it, there was a new procedure developed by Dr. Carl June of the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. June developed a way to re-engineer a patient's own white cells to target a specific cancer not just once, but forever.
"So we give cells to the patient once and it lasts the rest of their lives," explains June.
It had worked on a patient named Emma, but there was a risk, too.
"Emma had fevers of 106 degrees for a week. That's a violent reaction that the immune system does to get rid of the tumors," says June.
Doug Olson agreed to try the procedure. The re-engineered cells were infused into his compromised immune system. And he came down with what felt like the world's worst case of the flu - to the point it was shutting down some of his organs. But then, after suffering for a week, his symptoms suddenly disappeared and his doctor walked in with the test results.
"He said, 'Doug, we can't find a cancer cell in your body. Your bone marrow is completely clean.'"
And now, a report released at a medical conference in New Orleans confirms the procedure has produced complete remission in a significant number of patients whose cancer was considered incurable --- patients like Doug Olson, who didn't waste any time.
"My wife picked me up from the hospital, we drove straight to the Indianapolis Boat Show and we bought a sailboat," he says.
He has been cancer free for three years.
International clinical trials will start next year --- and Dr. June says the procedure is so promising that instead of the 12 years it usually takes to get approval, he expects it to take three or four.
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Comment by clicking here. Dave Ross hosts the Morning News on Seattle's KIRO Radio weekdays from 5-9 a.m. He spends his down time tinkering with electronic projects, writing novelty songs, shopping at thrift stores, and playing squash. As an avid hiker, he's earned the title Energizer Bunny from his friends; while they all stop to see stuff along the trail, Dave keeps going and going and going. He enjoys traveling internationally for work and pleasure with memorable stops in Baghdad, Qatar, Israel, Prague, Germany (to cover the Berlin Wall), China, Soviet Union, Niger, Senegal, and Iran.
You can listen to his daily column in audio format by clicking here.
Previously:
• 12/05/13 It turns out that our very lives depend on being unhappy
• 12/04/13 Close your books, and boot up your laptops
• 12/02/13 What do you do when your dad is a billionaire?
• 10/25/13 The tale of two websites
• 10/23/13 Not since Moses
• 10/21/13 Another reason to sleep
• 10/21/13 Are you ready for 2020?
• 10/01/13 The real-life Bionic Man
• 09/30/13 The pilot exits the F-16 and it takes off without him
• 09/25/13 Human nature of everyday sadists demonstrated with bug grinder
• 09/23/13 Don't worry about the Sun, worry about . . .
• 09/19/13 The most dangerous person to search for on the Internet is . . .
• 09/18/13 The UN --- and the delicate art of doing nothing
• 09/16/13 The Internet Must Go!
• 08/29/13 When hospitals make you sicker
• 08/28/13 Smarter phone anticipates your behavior before you do
• 08/27/13 Getting tested for your dream job
• 08/26/13 A thug tells us how to stop gun trafficking
• 08/23/13 The better to see you with, Mr. Bad guy
• 08/22/13 The latest outburst of anarchy
• 08/21/13 Send al Qeda to crime ridden cities?
• 08/20/13 How honeybees are keeping men out of prison
• 08/19/13 Truth about Area 51 finally revealed
• 08/16/13 If you knew how much it cost to raise a child
• 08/15/13 The voice in the nursery
• 08/14/13 When license plates speak
• 08/13/13 The plant that wouldn't die
• 08/12/13 Class warfare at 35,000 feet is just fine
• 08/09/13 Want a good night's sleep? Become homeless
• 08/08/13 When eating too healthy becomes a problem
• 08/07/13 The Die Phone
• 08/06/13 Can't afford a doctor or medicine? There's always the Placebo App
• 08/05/13 Car prowlers taught lesson with call to mom
© 2013, Dave Ross
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