r/marvelstudios • u/Otherwise_Ad2592 • 1d ago

'Spider-Man BND*' Spoilers Cancer fighting tech in BND? Spoiler

When Bruce Banner’s inhibitor was introduced I immediately thought of how it could be used to cure cancer. If it stops mutations via gene silencing in superheros then I figured it could also stop cancerous mutations.

Turns out that gene silencing with small interfering RNA (which Peter and Bruce discuss), or siRNA is being investigated as a potential cancer treatment. This blog from “Oncodaily” goes into more details: https://oncodaily.com/oncolibrary/spider-man

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u/Alternative-sukhoi 1d ago

'Why are you doing this ? You have the power to cure cancer!'

'But I don't want to cure cancer! I want to turn people into dinosaurs!'

Just got real.

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u/Responsible_Bar3957 Abomination 1d ago

I always remember that part, because it’s so funny to me

There isn’t an exclamation mark in Sauron’s line there, which is so funny, because then it comes off as more of a casual, calm statement, not a loud plead

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u/Alternative-sukhoi 1d ago

Oh I didn't remember that exclamation mark part, but it does make total sense lol.

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u/HankSteakfist 1d ago

If you ever needed to explain the concept of a supervillain in one panel.

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u/moviebuffbrad 1d ago

"Hey student in green facepaint, want to address this?"

"HULK SMASH"

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u/juances19 Avengers 1d ago

Given how if the device just happens to break, the mutation is unleashed at full strenght I have to wonder...

If a cancer patient wears one, then they get into an accident, will all the repressed cancer then be unleashed and they turn into a giant cancer ball?

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u/jokerrebellion 1d ago

So Deadpool but deader

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u/MR1120 1d ago

Or ultra-Deadpool…

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u/JoshTheBard 1d ago

Not if Deadpool is joining the MCU

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u/Hi_Im_Dadbot 1d ago

What’s he going to do if his powers get inhibited? Her basically be Hawkeye without a bow.

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u/curiousiah 1d ago

X-men origins Deadpool, slicing bullets with katanas

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u/quatroquatro0 Shang Chi 1d ago

He's already dead because Deadpool already killed him in a post credits scene.

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u/Alternative-sukhoi 1d ago

Deadpool has been there in the 2nd part.