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+ | 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] in cancer treatment. A trial is done to test a proposed treatment on a select group of patience before approval for the wider patent group. | ||
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− | In this case, the two characters are talking about a trial in which immune cells are taken out of the patient's body and genetically modified. The modified cells are able to both attack the cancer cells and replicate very quickly. However, to make these genetic changes inside the cells, they used {{w|HIV}} as the vehicle to introduce these new genes as it is specialized in invading and modifying immune cells | + | In this case, the two characters are talking about a trial in which immune cells are taken out of the patient's body and genetically modified . 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 vehicle to introduce these new genes as it is specialized in invading and modifying immune cells. |
− | Basically, this treatment seems to replace one terrible disease with another terrible disease. | + | Basically, this treatment, to the uninformed, it seems to replace one terrible disease with another terrible disease. However, the modified HIV viruses will not actually cause AIDS. |
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[[Category:Cancer]] | [[Category:Cancer]] | ||
[[Category:Biology]] | [[Category:Biology]] | ||
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