Science Illustrated

CLOSING ON A CURE FOR CANCER

- CLAUS LUNAU & SHUTTERSTO­CK

Cancer isn’t a single disease, so has no simple cure. But our understand­ing has reached a new tipping point, and hope is rekindled...

Promising new cancer treatments fail on a daily basis. The aggressive disease’s mutated cells are constantly one step ahead of scientists. But armed with huge global databases, geneticall­y edited immune cells, and artificial intelligen­ce, scientists are well on the way to combating cancer on its own home turf.

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