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Scientists Find 'Kill Switch' That Activates Cancer Cell Death in The Lab (www.sciencealert.com)
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[–] jimbo@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I feel like I've been reading stories about scientists finding cancer "kill switches" for decades.

[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 59 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You have. Killing cancer cells is easy. It's keeping the rest of the patient alive that's the hard part.

[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

vaporizes patient

you guise, I found a cure for all cancers

[–] Bloodwoodsrisen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago

"But uh... where's the patient?" "What patient?"