Cancer therapy approved by FDA uses body’s own cells as a ‘living drug’::undefined

  • @Tolstoshev
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    137 months ago

    Cool technology but “living drug” is the dumbest possible analogy here.

    • Dharma Curious
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      147 months ago

      But an excellent band name. Imagine “chemo for the soul” by Living Drugs, feat. 4skin

    • @bassomitron
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      67 months ago

      To be fair, that is a direct quote taken from one of the researchers:

      “The concept that the FDA has now acknowledged is that you can use a patient’s own cells as a living drug to treat their disease, and that to me is a very exciting step forward,” said Steve Rosenberg, a senior investigator for the National Cancer Institute who has helped pioneer the newly approved therapy since the 1980s.

    • @Candelestine
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      67 months ago

      Something, something, technology indistinguishable from magic, something, education funding, something, something.