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Re:Scientists Discover a Cause of Lupus, Possible Way to Rev... by idunnoman1222 on Thursday July 11, 2024 @12:28PM (#40938254)
Killing quickly dividing cells as a way of modulating immune system is ‘turn down the immune system’

Just as antivirals are actually ‘stop cell division’

Neither of which inspire any confidence

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Re:Scientists Discover a Cause of Lupus, Possible Way to Rev... by MR_Bulldops on Thursday July 11, 2024 @12:46PM (#40938426)
It should inspire confidence that we have moved beyond that for many types of cancer. And if it can be done with cancer treatment, we are closer to doing it with autoimmune and anti-virus treatments.
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