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Chemisse

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3. This could be very exciting if it does even just a part of what they hope it can do.

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Fri Dec 30, 2011, 09:13 PM

Dec 2011

It would be so amazing to have our own bodies go after cancer cells. If the different types of cancer cells all have some kind of marker in common, maybe it could eventually lead to a vaccine.

I would be a little concerned about the treatment for addiction. What if the antibodies produced in the mice also attacked endorphins (which have a similar structure to morphine)? The poor addict would no longer have the drug, and would be without natural endorphins as well! Maybe that's why the human trials are trying it just for cocaine and nicotine.

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How Mollusk Blood Could Cure Cancer [View all] n2doc Dec 2011 OP

This seems to be a very promising MineralMan Dec 2011 #1

Fascinating LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #2

This could be very exciting if it does even just a part of what they hope it can do. Chemisse Dec 2011 #3