Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumors in mice

Re:Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumors in mice by hunta2097 on Thursday February 01, 2018 @07:47AM (#16281466)

If you haven't already read it, "The Emperor of All Maladies" (B004MPR80E) is a really great book about the history of Cancer and Cancer-like diseases.

The author concludes the autoimmune system is key to beating cancer.

Be strong, be lucky and hang in there.

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Re:Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumors in mice by epmaybe on Thursday February 01, 2018 @07:54AM (#16281493)

Siddhartha Mukherjee is a fantastic author. If you liked Emperor of All Maladies, check out The Gene: An Intimate History.

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Re:Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumors in mice by jcims on Thursday February 01, 2018 @08:04AM (#16281555)

I bought Gene after litening to him on Sam Harris’ podcast (just looked it up, episode 77). Definitely worth a listen, he’s an equally impressive conversationalist. Love him or hate him, Sam’s no slouch either and I left the end of it wishing I had a brain.

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Re:Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumors in mice by kup0 on Thursday February 01, 2018 @08:27AM (#16281663)

I'm curious if there will can ways to use the autoimmune system to fight cancer in people with autoimmune diseases. Knowing someone with RA that has had cancer in the past it really complicates things because stimulating the immune system flares up RA. Often RA treatments involve suppressing the immune system.

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