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I'm no scientist, but I too was really interested in this piece. Will this ability to modify T-cells to attack cancer cells work with other cancers or is the concept somehow specific to Lymphocytic Leukemia? The fact that the T-cells proliferated while needed and then withdrew as the battle closed is fascinating. Again, I'm no scientist but articles like this make me wish I were. Wonderful work!
I know. I'm sure the concept itself isn't so innovative, but here's what seems to be the beginning of a possibly useful method. Of course, there's probably still at least a couple decades of research involved before it can even be thought to go public. On page 2 of the article, it says that the treatment was experimentally given to a woman with colon cancer, but it killed her because the T-cells destroyed a certain protein target in her lungs. So...they really should make many checks to ensure that the T-cells react -only- to the desired cells. But with so many proteins and factors in a body, it's obviously not easy to always achieve that kind of result.