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Giving T cells extra batteries supercharges them against cancer (newatlas.com)

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Fucking hell. We gotta stop dumbing shit down.

Published in Cell at https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00956-5.

They loaded t-cells with extra mitochondria. This seemed to get them to better fight cancer in mice.

Really great. I hope it safely translates to humans.

[–] Arbiter 14 points 1 month ago

You’re too late, I’m already shoving AAAs up my nose to prevent cancer.

[–] disguy_ovahea 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Agreed. The original explains it in two sentences.

Also, how often do you guys charge your T cells?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Seems really great that they are not editing DNA or adding drugs that could have hard to predict side effects. (I don't fucking know though.) Just putting different types of cells near each other.

[–] just_another_person 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It will cause Rheumatism. $500.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well fuck.
I don't think Rheumatism kills people, so better than cancer.
(Hearing about how Rheumatism kills people below...)

[–] just_another_person 2 points 1 month ago

It certainly can. It won't be the official cause of death, but like cancer, it will ravage your body. If you can't keep the immune system in check, shit gets wild.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes 2 points 1 month ago

Futurology was a consistently dumbass-ed subreddit. I haven't blocked the lemmy one yet because it's a great idea if the quality can be there.

But if it's like the old one, fuck no.

Thanks for this comment!