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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | This is a cancer and leukemia related comic. In this comic, two characters are having a discussion about a [http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/232581.php new trial treatment]. A trial is a treatment that is not yet passed all of the hurdles to become an official drug or treatment, but it available to a certain set of patients based on the pharma company's set of criteria. | ||
− | + | In this case, the two characters are talking about a trial in which the doctors take cells out of the patient's body and modify these cells. The modified cells are able to both attack the cancer cells and to replicate very quickly. However, to make these genetic changes inside the cells, they used the {{w|HIV}} virus as the "messenger" for these new genes because HIV is specialized in invading and modifying these kinds of cells. HIV is Human Immunodeficiency Virus, which is the precursor to AIDS. | |
− | + | Basically, this treatment seems to replace one terrible disease with another terrible disease. As the image text says, they don't know how to get rid of the HIV cells after they remove the cancer. And the last part of the image text is a joke, in which the doctor suggests yet another disease to inject into the patients body. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Two people are standing facing each other, having a conversation. One is holding a laptop.] | :[Two people are standing facing each other, having a conversation. One is holding a laptop.] | ||
− | :Cueball (with laptop): What's the deal with this leukemia trial? | + | :Cueball (with laptop): What's the deal with this leukemia trial? {Citation: Nejm, Aug 10, 2011} |
:Friend: Gotta wait and see. | :Friend: Gotta wait and see. | ||
:Friend: Helping the immune system attack tumors has been a longtime research target. | :Friend: Helping the immune system attack tumors has been a longtime research target. | ||
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[[Category:Cancer]] | [[Category:Cancer]] | ||
[[Category:Biology]] | [[Category:Biology]] | ||
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