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Have you ever seen footage of a white blood cell taking apart a cancer cell? This is worlds closer to unlocking that power than hoping a stray radioactive part
by ghayashi 9y ago
Have you ever seen footage of a white blood cell taking apart a cancer cell? This is worlds closer to unlocking that power than hoping a stray radioactive particle bumps the right lever. Perhaps the need for two separate medicines/agents to make this special cocktail and trigger the perfect immune response has been the elusive part?
- pgt 9y agoCould you link to some footage of a white blood cell taking apart a cancer cell?
- tzahola 9y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va1jaBGwoT8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va1jaBGwoT8
- Odenwaelder 9y agoYeah, this is an NK cell triggering an apoptotic (self-destruct) response in a cancer cell. So it's basically sending a kill-signal to the cancer cell, which then kills itself. This doesn't work for all cancers, though. In fact, one hallmark of cancer is unresponsiveness to apoptotic triggers.
- tzahola 9y agoOk, here's one with T-cells from Cambridge University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntk8XsxVDi0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntk8XsxVDi0
- phkahler 9y agoIodine is critical to at least one of the pathways to apoptosis, and has been found to cause (allow?) it in several types of cancer.
- henpa 9y agoAs someone commented on that Youtube video: "I love watching cancer die. Great video!". Me too!