>A kill code is embedded in every cell in the body whose function may be to cause the self-destruction of cells that become cancerous, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. As soon as the cell’s inner bodyguards sense it is mutating into cancer, they punch in the kill code to extinguish the mutating cell.
>The code is embedded in large protein-coding ribonucleic acids (RNAs) and in small RNAs, called microRNAs, which scientists estimate evolved more than 800 million years ago in part to protect the body from cancer. The toxic small RNA molecules also are triggered by chemotherapy, Northwestern scientists report.
>Cancer can’t adapt or become resistant to the toxic RNAs, making it a potentially bulletproof treatment if the kill code can be synthetically duplicated. The inability of cancer cells to develop resistance to the molecules is a first, the scientists said.
>“Now that we know the kill code, we can trigger the mechanism without having to use chemotherapy and without messing with the genome. We can use these small RNAs directly, introduce them into cells and trigger the kill switch,” said lead author Marcus E. Peter, the Tomas D. Spies Professor of Cancer Metabolism at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/october/cancers-most-deadly-assassin-exists-in-every-cell/
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>>184259
>potentially an actual cure for cancer
Holy shit nice. Wouldn't be surprised if he mysteriously committed (((suicide))), and his research was (((destroyed))) though.
>potentially an actual cure for cancer
Holy shit nice. Wouldn't be surprised if he mysteriously committed (((suicide))), and his research was (((destroyed))) though.
>>184259
>Cellular kill code
This isn't new, cancer is when the cell ignores that kill code and becomes 'immortal' so to speak, replicating endlessly.
>Cellular kill code
This isn't new, cancer is when the cell ignores that kill code and becomes 'immortal' so to speak, replicating endlessly.
>>184273
We've known that one for a long while too, we just haven't done anything with it to my knowledge. The problem is that the RNA toxin has to be applied to an individual cell in an amount large enough to kill the tumour, but small enough that it doesn't kill off the healthy cells around it and cause a chain reaction that causes rapid systemic cell death.
This is the normal method in which all cells commit seppuku at the end of their lifespans, (re: when the DNA contained within is too degraded for normal cellular replication, cells do not actually have a lifespan, replication just becomes less stable). Other Cells are meant to detect this and release a counter agent that stops one cell from killing the entire organism at the drop of a hat. Don't be fooled, this is no 'cure' you can't 'cure' cancer anymore than you can cure any machine of malfunction and degradation, this would merely be another exorbitantly expensive treatment, although faster than chemo, it's potentially far more damaging if mishandled.
We've known that one for a long while too, we just haven't done anything with it to my knowledge. The problem is that the RNA toxin has to be applied to an individual cell in an amount large enough to kill the tumour, but small enough that it doesn't kill off the healthy cells around it and cause a chain reaction that causes rapid systemic cell death.
This is the normal method in which all cells commit seppuku at the end of their lifespans, (re: when the DNA contained within is too degraded for normal cellular replication, cells do not actually have a lifespan, replication just becomes less stable). Other Cells are meant to detect this and release a counter agent that stops one cell from killing the entire organism at the drop of a hat. Don't be fooled, this is no 'cure' you can't 'cure' cancer anymore than you can cure any machine of malfunction and degradation, this would merely be another exorbitantly expensive treatment, although faster than chemo, it's potentially far more damaging if mishandled.
>the cell’s inner bodyguards sense it is mutating into cancer
>toxic RNA
Yeah, this is gibberish like most press releases.
It sounds like what they have discovered are more details about the internal workings of the cellular self destruct mechanism.
>>184273
Could be some way to duplicate the effect using synthetic RNA, or a way to trigger it on a low level, from the inside of a cell that can't be ignored. I believe we already knew about chemical signals that could induce cell death from the outside, but I could be wrong.
>>184274
You're right, delivery is going to be the big problem. We already have other ways of killing cancer cells that should work just fine if we could just get that part solved.
>toxic RNA
Yeah, this is gibberish like most press releases.
It sounds like what they have discovered are more details about the internal workings of the cellular self destruct mechanism.
>>184273
Could be some way to duplicate the effect using synthetic RNA, or a way to trigger it on a low level, from the inside of a cell that can't be ignored. I believe we already knew about chemical signals that could induce cell death from the outside, but I could be wrong.
>>184274
You're right, delivery is going to be the big problem. We already have other ways of killing cancer cells that should work just fine if we could just get that part solved.
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