A new way of killing cancer cells have been discovered by scientist which could guide to new treatments for a range of different cancers. Researchers at The University of Manchester and Southampton in their latest study has shown that antibodies can kill cancer cells directly. When the antibody binds, it causes lysosomes - small acid-containing sacs - inside the cell to swell and burst, rapidly releasing their toxic contents with fatal results for the cancer cell. Dr Mark Cragg, from the University of Southampton, believes that their findings are significant and open up the possibility of applying the knowledge of how antibodies can be developed to trigger cell death and may enable us to design treatments for other cancers. Source