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by Aaargh20318 3571 days ago
It's a big step though. Killing cancer cells is easy. The difficult bit is killing only cancer cells. This seems to be a promising way to do that.
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Oh absolutely, I'm not trying to discredit the work, I think it could be a big step. I'm just tired of seeing headlines every month or so that say "cure for cancer discovered" when it's only a promising incremental step that's only in mouse trials.

Titles like these can be cruel for people fighting or with loved ones fighting because it's a false sense of hope for those who currently need it.

I am stoked about the research though, the ability to actually distinguish between cancer and noncancerous cells is a huge breakthrough if this translates into humans.