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Scientists discover an unexpected way to make pancreatic cancer cells self-destruct
(www.sciencedaily.com)
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2026
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Firstly, I want to second that this explanation was very good. Second, can you explain why funding would not be available to study why this drug is effective? To me it would seem that this could be a master key that unlocks treatment options for other types of cancers
because some asshole shut down the NIH Cancer research division in 2025. Guess who.
"hey what if we tried to make cancer grow faster" is not a great pitch
they got funding because it wasn't what they were trying to do, but it did ended up being the case, but it worked anyway so, so far, all is good. but don't expect that it will become a new drug, because 90% of clinical trials fail, and here maybe there is some other less malformed cancer line that will grow faster after administration of that drug, which is sort of what was could be expected now that we know mechanism
Isn't this the mechanism with which extremely large animals like whales use to kill cancers? They essentially allow cancer to develop cancer and self metabolize?
whales and sharks get cancer, they do not kill cancer cells. I have no idea where this story started. Mosquitos don't get cancer, because they only live 10 days.
Notice I never mentioned that they don't get cancer. But also there's more than a few reputable sources that explain Peto's Paradox. These 2 are what I learned from.
https://youtu.be/mzmOXF4slPM https://youtu.be/1AElONvi9WQ