The fight against cancer needs to be an asymmetric warfare; reflections on a death of a friend

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The fight against cancer needs to be an asymmetric warfare; reflections on a death of a friend By poseidonsciences, on October 7th, 2010 Why is cancer research so difficult, you may ask? The answer is because it’s a biological phenomenon, not a physical one where all the variables are predictable and easily quantifiable. The cancer cell is a tough opponent — it mutates, it can develop resistance to drugs, it can grow faster than most normal cells, it can hide inside tissues, it can travel at will, it can lie dormant and it can make the blood vessels migrate to it to keep supplying its growing needs. → Read More: Please click HERE. |
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