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Scientists Destroy 99% of Cancer Cells in The Lab Using Vibrating Molecules (www.sciencealert.com)
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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I thought the issue is your immune system wouldn’t know to take care of the final 1%. As that’s the issue with cancer: it isn’t an antigen. It is something made by the body so it’s already coated in a natural sheep’s clothing to escape being detected by the immune system. Hence why breakthroughs in marking the cells is so important so at least an outside force can treat it.