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I'm happy to see the authors have posted in the first paragraph something to preempt my posting of the "X kills cancer" XKCD : http://xkcd.com/1217/ http://xkcd
by codebeaker 12y ago
I'm happy to see the authors have posted in the first paragraph something to preempt my posting of the "X kills cancer" XKCD : http://xkcd.com/1217/ http://xkcd.com/1217/
> A Rutgers nutritional scientist and two cancer biologists at New York City’s Hunter College have found that an ingredient in extra-virgin olive oil kills a variety of human cancer cells without harming healthy cells.
- ta75757 12y agoThe alt text of that XKCD is: Now, if it selectively kills cancer cells in a petri dish, you can be sure it's at least a great breakthrough for everyone suffering from petri dish cancer. so it's still relevant.