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Would the idea now be to compare multiple cases of lung cancer to identify the genetic error that causes the tumour formation and develop a way to actively targ
by electromagnetic 17y ago
Would the idea now be to compare multiple cases of lung cancer to identify the genetic error that causes the tumour formation and develop a way to actively target said errors?
I mean would it eventually become feasible to put a chemical (or something) into a cigarette to greatly reduce the risk of lung cancer? Similarly could a chemical be devised for addition to sun block, or even after-sun to actively fight the cancer before it develops.
- barry-cotter 17y agoChemical as in simple compound? No. I have no idea what the worst mutagen in cigarette smoke is but there are lots and their effects are going to be random statistically, sometimes they'll change this gene, sometimes the other, though some sections will be especially vulnerable/likely to mutate in a specific way. I could see some bloody complicated RNAinterferase thing working as a targeted anti-mutagen, in theory. But if you can deliver an airborne, persistent heat tolerant RNAi cancer is at worst a chronic disease like diabetes is now.