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Scientists discover an unexpected way to make pancreatic cancer cells self-destruct (www.sciencedaily.com)
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[–] rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

"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

[–] LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip 1 points 13 hours ago

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