The US has approved the first treatment to redesign a patient's own immune system so it attacks cancer.

The regulator - the US Food and Drug Administration - said its decision was a "historic" moment and medicine was now "entering a new frontier".

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-41094990

***Cutting edge science is making headway,,,,,so epigenetics may not be such a long shot!!!!,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,jmo