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etherified t1_jdwb72i wrote

Reply to comment by thejewdude22 in Scientists discover how cancer cells evade immune system by BousWakebo

Yeah, for example, it's been well known for years that one of the mechanisms used by evolving cancer cells is to express surface HLA-G, which suppresses or down-regulates the host immune response, giving cancer cells more of the time needed for their nefarious purposes.

(the same HLA-G class is also expressed on embryo cells, helping to suppress the mother's immune response so her body doesn't attack the gestating fetus as a foreign body.)

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Crystal-Math-Adept t1_jdwpff9 wrote

I remember hearing about this last century

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LimerickExplorer t1_jdx3klk wrote

>last century.

Jesus I'm old.

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KevinTheSeaPickle t1_jdxw0td wrote

Me too:( my crows feet have crows feet... When will the crowsfootception end.

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Rogermcfarley t1_jdzciym wrote

Jesus: Yeah wait until you have a mission 2000 years from now. I'm still getting ready.

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StuartL73 t1_jdylbhb wrote

Now we are in "the roaring twenties " again.

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scrangos t1_jdxyicp wrote

There was another super interesting one where one cancer cell hides inside another another cancer cell using it as armor to survive the killer t-cell attacks as those don't penetrate deep enough to kill them both. (the outer one does die tho) Once signs of the killer t-cells are gone then inner ones come out and resume operations.

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jjayzx t1_jdxc0eh wrote

I would think they are trying to do this with implants to reduce immunosuppressants or rid them altogether?

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