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To: bitt
The drug was tested on 70 different cancer cells in the lab...

IN MICE!!!

Fingers crossed, but let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.

12 posted on 08/03/2023 10:59:01 PM PDT by rexthecat
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To: rexthecat
Fingers crossed, but let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.

There have been thousands of experimental treatments which appeared to work on mice but did not work on humans. They did not work on mice either when trials were carefully repeated. That is just how these things go.

This treatment looks quite promising and worth the follow-up efforts. But as you say, "let's not get too far ahead of ourselves."

Cancer treatments have gotten way more effective over the last several decades because of slow, grinding research. Even so, a "magic bullet" that cures all types of cancer is a very complicated problem. If these scientists actually do have a lead on a workable solution, it will be too big to stop by any commercial rivals. So that should not be a concern.

I hope they found something that works.

40 posted on 08/04/2023 6:00:17 AM PDT by flamberge (It turns out that you can fool most of the people, most of the time.)
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To: rexthecat

Curin cancer in mice since 1980s. No so in people.


46 posted on 08/04/2023 6:42:15 AM PDT by wgmalabama (Censored !)
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To: rexthecat

“IN MICE!!!”

At least they tested it on mice first—with vaccines we test it on people first.


58 posted on 08/04/2023 9:10:42 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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