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Not a scientist or medical person, but I believe its accepted that there is linkage of fever and cancer inhibition (because non-cancerous cells tend to cope bet
by jan_Inkepa 6y ago
Not a scientist or medical person, but I believe its accepted that there is linkage of fever and cancer inhibition (because non-cancerous cells tend to cope better with environmental stresses than cancerous ones). It's not at all my field, but a very cursory search shows statements like this
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4006373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4006373/
'Lower risk for cancer has also been associated with a history of febrile viral diseases.'
- ianai 6y agoRight. Some cancers can be better targeted with chemo by first stressing the body with a fast. The non cancerous cells identify the fast as a time to set up guards for harshness, but the cancerous cells do not. So the cancerous cells get hit full blast by the chemo while the healthy cells are prepared from the reaction to the fast. I would posit though that fasts are probably a better way to generally help fighting cancers than a life of yearly coronavirus infections.
- IgorPartola 6y agoBut this brings up the question of whether we could create a similar response on purpose and in a controlled fashion, rather than letting a bunch of viruses do what they do in the wild?
- inglor_cz 6y agoEven syphilis was once treated by giving the patient malaria - with 20 per cent mortality rate, though. (Still better than suffering from lues in the pre-antibiotic world.) I am all for a controlled fashion.