Re:Cancer’s Cloaking Device Revealed
by akomtu on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @12:47AM
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This is why I think cancer is more like a lifeform than a chaotic pile of cells. Matt Levine demonstrated that applying certain electric field to a growing embryo alters its morphology without changing its dna, and since cancer is always in the rapid growth phase, it would be interesting to do a similar experiment on it.
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There is a device the US FDA approved for brain tumors (Optune by Novocure)that uses alternating electrical fields. It surprised the field when it got approved as its mechanism wasn't conventional or well understood. There were also some confounding factors in the study design. That said, it's in a bunch of other tumor types now in more studies.