Cancer Isn’t a Logic Problem

Re:Cancer Isn’t a Logic Problem by Palomides on Saturday April 01, 2017 @05:39PM (#14014332)

killing the cell is actually not a big deal, any given cell is generally replaceable.

What you suggest is more or less what I mention; you could, say, try to add back some genetic machinery for the cancer cells to recognize that they're defective, and then they kill themselves. Or help the higher level repair mechanism (the immune system) target cancer cells.

To my understanding, trying to fix anything at the level between whole cell and DNA mutation is much harder.

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Re:Cancer Isn’t a Logic Problem by abecedarius on Saturday April 01, 2017 @06:07PM (#14014444)

Yes, I'm not gonna pretend to know what avenues are promising or how long it'll take to invent -- maybe humans will go extinct or obsolete first. I just disagree with the article's pooh-poohing towards "why don't we include in our portfolio of bets some actually trying for a cure someday".

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