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Standard headline-and-introductory-paragraph bait and switch: “remember that breakthrough in human trials? Well, we've extended it to other forms of cancer… [3
by cwillu 4y ago
Standard headline-and-introductory-paragraph bait and switch: “remember that breakthrough in human trials? Well, we've extended it to other forms of cancer… [3 paragraphs later] in mice.”
- balsam 4y agoThe solution might be to have HN allow editorializing of paper titles. Papers are generally less clickbaity but their titles are impossible.
- qw 4y agoThe article says it also works on dead human tissue. I don't know the significance of this, but it has been tested on something other than mice. I guess we can't make any conclusions on the adverse effects on a living human body, but it seems promising to me (not a scientist) From the article: > The molecule also killed cancer cells in human tissue that were gathered from patients who had their tumors removed