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I know that "cancer" isn't actually one disease, it is a cacophony of different gene expressions in different tissues. Immunotherapies like this IMO show the r
by AtlasBarfed 5y ago
I know that "cancer" isn't actually one disease, it is a cacophony of different gene expressions in different tissues.
Immunotherapies like this IMO show the real issue with "curing" the disease: there won't be a one-size-fits-all pill to pop that will work.
Instead we may need individualized/highly customized medicine. Alas this might not be in the "profit profile" of a typical pharma company. So it might cost 250,000$ to cure cancer, but it is a CURE, genetically specific to your cancer and genetics. Not a perpetual therapy like the phama execs like.
That may take an army of lab workers, or some pretty interesting lab equipment.
But the payoff is great. FORTY PERCENT of Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes.
- uf00lme 5y agoA universal cancer treatment seems like the holy grail, it may never happen but I like to have hope that science will find it e.g., https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-019-0578-8.epdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-019-0578-8.epdf