The Santa Rosa Project (SRP) will combine a mix of science and world class recreation.

Our creative environment will facilitate creative solutions.

Researchers, engineers, physicians and technology companies will participate in short sabbaticals.

We will showcase the newest science equipment and techniques.

Our purpose is to advance enabling cancer treatments.

Killer cells that seek out and destroy cancer

Killer cells that seek out and destroy cancer may seem like the stuff of fiction, but it may become a reality at the Santa Rosa Beach-based Good Samaritan Institute.

Doug Liles, founder for the institute, recently opened talks with St. Jude hospital in a move to expand its educational offerings to include such cutting-edge research.

The idea is to facilitate lab training for oncologists using N-K cells, or natural killer cells, developed by doctors at St. Jude in Memphis, Tenn.“

It is one of the most amazing things I have seen in my life,” the microbiologist said of a video demonstration he saw of “supercharged” cells, which search out and kill nine cancer cells, rest and then begin seeking nine more cancer cells to kill.