Cancer Breakthrough: Korean Scientists Develop Technology That Turns Cancer Cells to Healthy Cells

A breakthrough in the search for cancer cure may have been found at last. That is, if one takes seriously the outcome of a research conducted by a group of scientists in South Korea.

A report in AI Overview says researchers of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, KAIST, are making significant breakthrough in the development of a technology that reverses cancer cells and transforming them into normal, healthy cells.

Using what they referred to as digital twin technology and simulation analysis, the KAIST team, led by Prof Kwang-yin Cho, made the breakthrough experiment in which they focused attention on the manipulation of genetic switches to turn cancer cells back to normal cells.

The breakthrough is said to offer potential solution to the treatment of cancer without any significant damage to healthy tissue. Using the Quine-McCluskey (QM) algorithm to transform a truth table into Boolean functions, the breakthrough experiment works by capturing the transition of cell from its normal to its cancer variant. To achieve the breakthrough,

Prof Cho and his team created a digital image of cancer cell’s genetic network, using advanced computer modelling. The process allowed them to pinpoint key molecular switches that can trigger or activate a reversion process.

Although the initial studies focused on colon cancer over which laboratory demonstration experiments successfully completed the reversion process, the team is of the belief that it could be applied to other cancer types.

In addition to challenging existing notion of cancer treatment, the technology has the potential of reducing the risk of cancer recurrence.