Your Body Can Kill Cancer. It Just Needs Better Instructions

[Archean]

Your Body Can Kill Cancer. It Just Needs Better Instructions


Part of what makes cancers so insidious is that they’re not invaders: They’re our own cells turned against us. That means the body usually doesn’t see them as a threat. But over the last few years, teams at several different research institutions have been programming peoples’ immune systems to recognize and destroy cancer. So far, clinical trials of about a hundred terminal leukemia patients have shown some lasting effects. A single treatment has kept two of them cancer-free for three years and counting—after everything they tried had failed. Applying the technique to more cancers requires finding new targets to attack, says Michel Sadelain, an immunologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center who pioneered the approach.

 

[davislane1]

What part of, "Kill it now!" isn't clear enough?

 

[cliffordcooley]

What part of, "Kill it now!" isn't clear enough?

Answer:
Would you rather be dependent on a drug or procedure that "kills it now".
Or would you rather your own body deal with the threat and keep it away.

Me? Well, I will choose a different path. I will accept what God brings my way. And die knowing I was not a willing participant as a guinea pig for some pharmaceutical business that was the cause of my illness.

 

[davislane1]

Answer:
Would you rather be dependent on a drug or procedure that "kills it now".
Or would you rather your own body deal with the threat and keep it away.

I'm a fight 'till the death type of person. I credit youth and too many Greek epics for this quality. Considering the nature of cancer, I find poison (or in this case, "targeting information") > surrender.

 

[SNGX1275]

I have an autoimmune disorder which perhaps there is a 'cure' now... to the tune of over $2000 a month in pills. After insurance, taxes, and 401k I barely clear 2k a month. So guess I'm stuck with it.

However, if I could afford it, I would absolutely choose to take a pill or a few a day to fix it.