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Could you link to some footage of a white blood cell taking apart a cancer cell?

• tzahola 9y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va1jaBGwoT8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va1jaBGwoT8
  • Odenwaelder 9y ago
    Yeah, 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 ago
      Ok, 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 ago
      Iodine 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 ago
    As someone commented on that Youtube video: "I love watching cancer die. Great video!". Me too!