Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Science@beehaw.org · 1 month agoA virologist who grew cancer-killing viruses in her own lab and injected them into her tumour has been cancer-free for four yearstechfixated.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down11
arrow-up1100arrow-down1external-linkA virologist who grew cancer-killing viruses in her own lab and injected them into her tumour has been cancer-free for four yearstechfixated.comChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Science@beehaw.org · 1 month agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up30·1 month agoAbsolutely. It highlights a curious direction of study, but doesn’t in itself prove anything. It might also be dangerous.
minus-squareMihies@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month agoBut still worth properly exploring, right.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoResearchers have been developing oncolytic viruses for 25 years. Until 2025 when most of the world’s cancer research was ended by Trump.
minus-squareLincolnsDogFido@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoNah. Cancer said prove it and her next shot rimmed out so the game is still going.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAbout 5% of cancers spontaneously remit because the immune response is suddenly activated. It was coincident.
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoIt very much could be. But we need more data to prove it one way or another.
Absolutely. It highlights a curious direction of study, but doesn’t in itself prove anything. It might also be dangerous.
But still worth properly exploring, right.
Researchers have been developing oncolytic viruses for 25 years. Until 2025 when most of the world’s cancer research was ended by Trump.
Nah. Cancer said prove it and her next shot rimmed out so the game is still going.
About 5% of cancers spontaneously remit because the immune response is suddenly activated. It was coincident.
It very much could be. But we need more data to prove it one way or another.