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First sentence shows something is wrong: >"It has recently become apparent that the immune system can cure cancer." https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aan448
by nonbel 9y ago
First sentence shows something is wrong:
>"It has recently become apparent that the immune system can cure cancer."
https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aan4488 https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aan4488
Recently? This has been thought for quite awhile...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=immune+surveillance+cancer https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=immune+surveillanc...
And really it is obvious that there are trade offs between immune surveillance of cancer and auto-immune disease. Next they will be surprised at the tradeoff between aging/organ failure and cancer.