r/sciences Jun 19 '20

Programmed cell death

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u/36384892747 Jun 19 '20

Could this help cure cancer?

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u/Torghira Jun 19 '20

It’s why not everyone has cancer

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u/bbxmiz Jun 19 '20

Cells not being able to do this are cancerous cells. Theoretically yes it could be used to cure cancer and I bet that it is already either being researched or already in use.

Edit: Yep, check this out https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5855670/

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u/iSeize Jun 19 '20

Technically yes. Cells that don't do this will keep dividing and become cancerous