Bond, Jake Bond: A Science and Technology BlogCancer Stem Cells
February 9th 2012 01:42
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Cancer Stem Cell
Cancer Stem Cells (CSC's) are why cancer that has been said to be in remission reoccurs. Most of a cancerous tumor is made up of fast reproducing cells that don't work the same way that normal cells do. These cells are easily killed by chemotherapy and surgery. The only problem is that the CSC's are not killed as easily with chemotherapy. What needs to be done is some type of targeted drug that can kill CSC's. CSC's are slow reproducing and as such chemotherapy, which only kills fast reproducing cells, doesn't work. Just like regular stem cells, CSC's can turn into any type of cancer cell. Which is why metastasis occurs, such as having cancer in the lungs, suddenly having a tumor in the spleen. Cancer is a scourge in America and around the world. People and doctors most of all, need to realize that conventional wisdom is not wisdom at all, and that new methods of treating cancer are not inherently wrong or evil. The fact is that conventional treatments for cancer don't work and that they kill just as much, or more, as they cure, and even then they don't really cure.Killing CSC's is the answer to curing cancer.
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