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New Drug Kills Cancer 20,000x More Effectively With No Detectable Side Effects (scitechdaily.com)

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 52 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"When tested in a small animal model of acute myeloid leukemia"

[–] molten@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but it's generally a good metric for how it will work in humans and leukemia is really tough to treat. Seems promising.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but it’s generally a good metric for how it will work in humans

LOL. no it is not.

[–] molten@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Lol. Bad day in the onco lab? I'm confused because most markers, immune responses and other induced responses present the exact fucking same in mice and humans. When these treatments work in humans it's almost always identical to the way it worked in the oncology mice. Hence why we use them.

And because they always have cancer. But that's fucked up ethics stuff.

What's your experience?

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Another cancer cure for mice. I’m sure that’s useful to someone.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Might work for human acute myeloid leukemia!