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MD Anderson looks at stimulating the innate immune system

Started by Mozart1 REPLIES274 VIEWS· 02 May 2020, 05:58
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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
02 May 2020, 05:58
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02 May 2020, 05:58#1

....to protect against Covid. One of the world’s top cancer centers is about to trial a way for the lungs to effectively disinfect themselves....super charging the immune system . If this works it will potentially be applicable to other viruses as well.


Interesting and  reminiscent of something somebody else said recently.


Then there were two.

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CeradynePro9,374 posts
02 May 2020, 10:23
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02 May 2020, 10:23#2

Moz, 

I will not be too surprised if the the eventual solution comes up along the lines of immune treatment. Cancer treatments are rapidly moving towards immune treatment. At this stage it is mainly used for melanoma, breast cancer and, importantly, lung cancer. 

A very basic way of explaining is this. The biggest challenge when it comes to cancer treatment is that the cancer cels have a way of disguising themselves as healthy cells, making it impossible for your own immune system to detect and fight them. Immunotherapy attacks the cancer cells to remove this capability while kind of putting your own immune system in turbo boost to fight the cancer cells. 

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