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cm0002@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

'Universal cancer vaccine' trains the immune system to kill any tumor

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'Universal cancer vaccine' trains the immune system to kill any tumor

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cm0002@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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Following on from their breakthrough human trial that successfully reprogrammed the immune system to overpower glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, the same scientists have now further developed the mRNA vaccine to fight not one but any cancer. It has the potential to do away with chemotherapy,…
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    I’ll read the publication in the coming days and report back, but don’t get your hopes up. There’s a “breakthrough” in cancer research every few months and it leads to nothing. And this study was done in mice which are a bit different to humans (citation needed)

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      They cured hair loss in mice at least twenty times now and we still have bald humans

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        They should probably find a way to turn humans into mice. It’s a shame to leave billions of dollars on the table like that.

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          Fuck that, just implant those mice on my scalp.

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        “Mice lie and monkeys exaggerate.”

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        Why do we not simply transplant the hair from the mice, onto the humans?

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          Gonna need a Lotta mice

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            At least 3

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      Eh a lot of them save some lives. Its just cancer is really good at killing people and there are a lot of types of cancer

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      How about fusion power and room temperature superconductors…

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      I will remain eternally hopeful! Maybe someday. Maybe!

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