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As someone very far removed from the medical field, immunotherapy has always seemed to me to be the most logical programme of cancer treatment. The animal immu
by meri_dian 9y ago
As someone very far removed from the medical field, immunotherapy has always seemed to me to be the most logical programme of cancer treatment.
The animal immune system has evolved over hundreds of millions of years to target and destroy pathogens. Why use an indiscriminate chemical treatment to destroy cancer when our body already has a self defense system that operates with pinpoint accuracy, unparalleled target recognition capabilities, and ubiquity throughout the body. All these things make it a terrific candidate to destroy cancer.
Using it just makes so much sense.
- djsumdog 9y ago> has a self defense system that operates with pinpoint accuracy, unparalleled target recognition capabilities This isn't always true. You body can start attacking itself if cells start misidentifying one another. This can lead to Lupis, MS, Ruhtomotide Arthritis and various other auto-immune diseases.