kuhla Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 "Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumors in mice" article - https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2018/01/cancer-vaccine-eliminates-tumors-in-mice.html Quote .... Injecting minute amounts of two immune-stimulating agents directly into solid tumors in mice can eliminate all traces of cancer in the animals, including distant, untreated metastases, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The approach works for many different types of cancers, including those that arise spontaneously, the study found. .... The whole article is worth a read. I don't like hyping up news headlines but the potential is almost too great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi2155 Posted February 2, 2018 Report Share Posted February 2, 2018 I read the reddit thread on the subject and there are lots of scary stories on where it doesn't work and what it could do to your body. Imagine if your immune system started identifying healthy cells as cancerous..... there's an upcoming BBC story on the subject of a failed trial in 2006 on the topic as well: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2017/08/the-drug-trial The good reddit discussion on it: https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/7uhefy/how_realistic_is_the_cancer_vaccine_talked_about/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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