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cygnoids t1_jc8nhb5 wrote

Reply to comment by luisvel in Cancer researchers show introducing bacteria to a tumour’s microenvironment creates a state of acute inflammation that triggers the immune system’s primary responder cells to attack rather than protect a tumour. by unswsydney

My assumption is you need to balance stimulating the immune system and causing a severe infection. I need to read the paper to see if it was full bacterial lysate or if you could take some PAMPs to stimulate an immune response

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cygnoids t1_j7fndcc wrote

Reply to comment by ThrowAway1638497 in Sound Waves Trigger Anti-Cancer Immune Responses in Mice by dissolutewastrel

The do this currently with gold nanoparticles and directed light. Unfortunately, the light can only penetrate a few millimeters into the tissue so it’s not effective for most cancers. It’s called photothermal therapy.

New chemistries for PTT have been developed that can penetrate further into the tissue but still wouldn’t work for most cancers

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cygnoids t1_ixvgx98 wrote

Reply to comment by FUCKYOUINYOURFACE in A novel medication for hemophilia B has just been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The treatment is a form of gene therapy, intended to replace a dysfunctional gene that leaves people unable to control their bleeding. by Sariel007

This is the case but it’s also expensive to develop the cells used for AAV based drugs because the cells are killedwhen the virus is made. This, you can’t reuse the same set of cells throughout the process.

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