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> MP1 interacts with lipids that are abnormally distributed on the surface of cancer cells, creating gaping holes that allow molecules crucial for cell function
by stephengillie 11y ago
> MP1 interacts with lipids that are abnormally distributed on the surface of cancer cells, creating gaping holes that allow molecules crucial for cell function to leak out.
This is fascinating. As IANAMD, I had no idea there were physical (or nanomechanical?) differences between normal and cancer cells. This sounds like a huge number of mistakes, maybe from the extremely rapid divisions.
So is Polybia-MP1 another game changer in the Cancer world?
- venomsnake 11y agoWe have thousands effective ways to kill cancer cells. Making sure the host survives is the tricky part.
- jMyles 11y agohttps://xkcd.com/1217/ https://xkcd.com/1217/
- jane_is_here 11y ago"So is Polybia-MP1 another game changer in the Cancer world?" No. HN has been suckered yet again by a PR release. These are similar to and around as reliable as the PR releases that claim to revolutionise the internet, cars, plastics, toothpaste or condoms.