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If cancer is a cell that is malfunctioning in a way that its normal growth control mechanisms have been damaged so the cell continues to grow, is it possible that there is a switch that just turns off these cancerous cells?

>> No.3863607

I guess it's easier to kill them then to go in and try to change their behavior and then hope that works. Killing the cells is just a more bulletproof solution.

>> No.3863611

Thats what they're trying to do.
But why cure it when you can profit off of temporary treatments?

>> No.3863612

>>3863602
It is mutated so It could mutate back. But you cant force a specific mutation.

>> No.3863616

>>3863607
Good point, but I think more sophisticated methods require not damaging the host, just fixing the cells,

I have heard of diets that turn off these cells, just wondering about the science behind it

>> No.3863620

>>3863611
Agreed

>> No.3863639

bump

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3863647

> steve jobs cannot afford to beat his cancer

> mfw there is no 1 percent

>> No.3863650

>>3863647
what do you mean no 1 percent?

>> No.3863664

>>3863650
There are no available cures even for the richest of people.

>> No.3863677

>>3863650

The occupation.

Also, it was deleted. Haha.

>> No.3863747

>>3863602
If a crashed car is just malfunctioning that it's whole construction was bended, can't we just bend it back into it's original form?
(you may try but you're going to fail horribly once the structural integrity has been compromised)

>> No.3863752

I'm no expert but hopefully I can give some useful info.

The human body does have ways to selectively kill cells which are acting irregularly. A cell that's been drastically altered (via a virus infecting it or a mutation creating a cancer) will have its membrane altered which allows immune cells to identify and kill it.

I imagine the problem is that the immune cells that kill the cancerous cells don't kill them fast enough.

>> No.3863767

>>3863752
forgot to mention: this is what the human body typically does in response to disease, killing off cells and salvaging the parts rather than turning them off.

I think >>3863747 gives a pretty good analogy

>> No.3863793

>If cancer is a cell that is malfunctioning

that happens all the time but your immune system is able to gets rid of such cells

>> No.3863800

>>3863602
not without turning off all cells

>> No.3863803

> is it possible that there is a switch that just turns off these cancerous cells?
It's cancer because this switch is broken.