Re:Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumors in mice
by tzahola on Thursday February 01, 2018 @05:12AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va1jaBGwoT8
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Re:Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumors in mice
by Odenwaelder on Thursday February 01, 2018 @05:43AM
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Yeah, this is an NK cell triggering an apoptotic (self-destruct) response in a cancer cell. So it's basically sending a kill-signal to the cancer cell, which then kills itself. This doesn't work for all cancers, though. In fact, one hallmark of cancer is unresponsiveness to apoptotic triggers.
Re:Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumors in mice
by tzahola on Thursday February 01, 2018 @05:53AM
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Ok, here's one with T-cells from Cambridge University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntk8XsxVDi0