{"id":949,"date":"2013-12-25T05:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=949"},"modified":"2015-02-09T14:40:20","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T19:40:20","slug":"immunotherapy-the-living-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/25\/immunotherapy-the-living-drug\/","title":{"rendered":"Immunotherapy: The Living Drug"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_642\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-642\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-642\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MP9003902171-200x142.jpg\" alt=\"Immunotherapy Cancer Treatment\" width=\"200\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MP9003902171-200x142.jpg 200w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MP9003902171.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Immunotherapy Cancer Treatment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Discussing the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/advancedtargetedtherapies.aspx#sthash.KWDGRjWp.dpbs\">targeted gene therapy<\/a> that has produced such amazing results with leukemia patients (see our previous post), researchers referred to the body\u2019s immune system as a \u201cliving drug.\u201d While oversimplifying the immune system\u2019s complex role in fighting cancer, the description is a useful one, particularly for people brought up in the culture of Western medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Driven by the pharmaceutical industry, Western medicine has evolved a largely <i>external approach<\/i> to medical practice. In treating cancer, traditional practitioners emphasize surgery, chemotherapy and radiation; treatments that are performed <i>on<\/i> the body and treat the body as either a foe or passive player in the treatment process.<\/p>\n<p>But the body is far from passive. As respected practitioners of science-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/TreatmentSummary.aspx#sthash.RO0RTqen.dpbs\">alternative cancer treatments<\/a> know from years of clinical experience, the body is an extremely active participant in fighting disease and maintaining health. Tasked with protecting the body from harmful invaders, the body\u2019s own immune system is cancer\u2019s most potent foe. Immunotherapy puts this \u201cliving drug\u201d to good use, optimizing the immune system\u2019s ability to seek out and destroy cancer cells and repair the damage they cause.<\/p>\n<p>If traditional medicine looks outside the body for cures, then integrated immunotherapy might be considered an <i>internal approach<\/i> to the practice of medicine. Immunotherapy works <i>with<\/i>, not <i>against<\/i>, your body, working from the inside to boost the strength and response of your body\u2019s own natural defense system.<\/p>\n<p>Integrated immunotherapy is not a new approach. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/AboutUs.aspx#sthash.zUiNO8Tj.dpbs\">Issels alternative cancer treatment centers<\/a> have been practicing integrated immunotherapy with excellent results for more than half a century. But Western medicine is only now beginning to recognize the body\u2019s amazing power to heal itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discussing the targeted gene therapy that has produced such amazing results with leukemia patients (see our previous post), researchers referred to the body\u2019s immune system as a \u201cliving drug.\u201d While oversimplifying the immune system\u2019s complex role in fighting cancer, the description is a useful one, particularly for people brought up in the culture of Western &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/25\/immunotherapy-the-living-drug\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Immunotherapy: The Living Drug<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,216],"tags":[218,259],"class_list":["post-949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-immunotherapy","tag-alternative-cancer-therapies","tag-fighting-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1621,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/1621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}