Recent new exciting antibody-based therapies have been developed. Antibodies are basically proteins that are synthesised in our bodies as part of our immune system to protect us from germs and bacteria.
The thing that is good about antibodies are that they are very good at recognising foreign stuff in our body and bind to them very tightly. Scientist have found various means of exploiting the use of antibodies such that they are useful in the treatment of some cancers.
One very successful example is herceptin, which has been useful in treatment of a certain subset of breast cancer.
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