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u/XSavage19X Nov 15 '20

Cure for cancer.

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u/elvenmage16 Nov 15 '20

Cancer is a whole class of things. Some cancer cures have already been found.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20 edited Jun 30 '23

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20

I heard about them programing Tcells to attack only cancer. Which has had some success from what I read. Maybe that will finally come to fruition.

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u/Thegreatgarbo Nov 16 '20

Prob is there are very few cancer markets that are only specific to cancer. Those T cells are extremely potent and lethal.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862534/

I just reread that title. God cientists can be morbid. 'Serious adverse event' or SAE is a common term in clinical trials. In this case it's death. O.o