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Cure for gliobastoma (brain cancer) found

https://twitter.com/JonWTOL/status/1162088193786875904

by smartis2812 • 7 years ago

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Causality1• 7 years ago

"Whenever reading a headline that a new treatment has been found that kills cancer cells in a petri dish, keep in mind that so does a handgun."

gus_massa• 7 years ago

It has been posted recently, but I can't find the discussion. IIRC the main points were:

* They tested this in mice, that is better than a petri dish, but still needs a lot of testing before it is consider safe for humans and useful for humans.

* It's a new chemotherapy drug, if successful it would raise the number remissions of but nothing guaranties a 100% sure cure as the title implies.

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