Researchers have developed a unique and very cheap method to treat cancer tumors, and involve dead bacteria. Although bacteria are harmless to the body, the researchers explain that the patient’s immune system mobilizes to attack substances, targets cancer cells at the same time and even metastasis throughout the body.

Usually speaking, cancer immunotherapy is very expensive, making them inaccessible to a large number of people around the world. In comparison, the new immunotherapy is detailed, which involves injecting a slow release that contains dead mikobacteria into cancer tumors, very cheap at a price of around $ 20 / injection.

This finding comes from the Australian National University, where scientists conduct phase 1 clinical trials involving end-level cancer patients. The researchers describe how therapy works, explains that the immune system attacks injected dead bacteria and cancer cells around it.

The resulting immune cells then multiply and spread throughout the body, allowing the immune system to also attack other cancer points that might spread outside the injection site. Bacteria are dead, do not pose a threat to the body, and their care is non-toxic.

So far in clinical trials, eight patients have been treated, one of which has increased quality of life “significantly”. One cancer in patients tested shrank, plus researchers noted that their care was able to reduce how much fluid around the patient’s lungs. Canberra Hospital where Phase 1 trial takes place to approve the second clinical trial involving treatment.