IFuckingShitMyPants t1_jd5m7m9 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 12:14 AM

Reply to comment by 1pt20oneggigawatts in Promising pill completely eliminates cancer in 18 leukaemia patients by mancinedinburgh

Wait, really?

How'd they do it? I thought it was terminal

1pt20oneggigawatts t1_jd5nrsl wrote on March 22, 2023 at 12:25 AM

Bone marrow transplant.

IFuckingShitMyPants t1_jd5o9s3 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 12:29 AM

Nice! Good for him.

fiendishrabbit t1_jd5rw77 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 12:55 AM

It's uncurable, but I wouldn't call it terminal. Given that the treatment will reverse AIDS into HIV and where almost all HIV carriers* will die of something entirely unrelated to them being HIV carriers.

*In countries with reliable medical care.