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No, it's not another Daily Mail fake headline, it's genuine science. Scientists think they have found a way to get a leukaemia sufferer's own immune system to attack and destroy the cancerous cells. The short version is they 'reprogram' the sufferer's T-cells to react to cancerous cells which causes an immune reaction and destroys the tumour.

Now, what do you think is the best thing around for reprogramming T-cells? The HIV Virus. That's what it does. So they've used a modified 'safe' HIV virus as an agent to modify the t-cells. In the limited test they've performed, 2 of the 3 subjects are entirely cancer free after one year, and the other is showing significant improvement.

This screws with my head. As is does with XKCD's, apparently.

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It's both crazy and great, isn't it?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14591472

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If it does work then it might solve one problem but create another. Who know's? If they can eradicate cancer then it might be a lot cheaper than conventional treatment.

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I remember reading about this back at medical school - though it was in the theoretical stages back then.

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Looks like they're increased the cancer killing properties of ecstasy 100 fold though, looks very promising. clicky

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Will that mean that raves can now be regarded as treatment centres? ;)

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Will that mean that raves can now be regarded as treatment centres? ;)

:D

Yeah, I wonder how long someone uses the 'I'm self medicating' defence when they're in court? :D

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Looks like they're increased the cancer killing properties of ecstasy 100 fold though, looks very promising. clicky


That would send the daily fail into apoplexy.

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adidan wrote:
Looks like they're increased the cancer killing properties of ecstasy 100 fold though, looks very promising. clicky


That would send the daily fail into apoplexy.

Indeed. I wonder how they would react if morphine was just discovered...

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adidan wrote:
tombolt wrote:
That would send the daily fail into apoplexy.

Indeed. I wonder how they would react if morphine was just discovered...

Sometimes I am surprised that they have not already considering its origin. :o

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is HIV a cure for cancer?

I'll take my chances with the cancer thanks. ;) :lol:
Sounds intereting.

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