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Cancer Fighting Mouthwash

Posted by michael on from the don't-swallow dept.

revelation0 writes: "In the ongoing fight against cancer - A gene-therapy mouthwash shows promise of warding off oral cancer by destroying ominous growths before they turn malignant. The story notes that they are using viruses that have been programmed to kill cells that contain cancer-causing genes."

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  1. It's just sulphuric acid by PD · · Score: 2

    Once you gargle with that, cancer is the least of your worries!

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  2. Re:Virii for gene replacement by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 2

    What bugs me even more is that even if you followed the pattern used by the word radius, etc, the word would be "viri".

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  3. Re:Virii for gene replacement by SIGFPE · · Score: 2
    Well let me see if I can make you worry even more.

    Every day billions of organisms reproduce sexually resulting in the birth of organisms whose genomes are random shufflings of their parents' genomes. Who knows what new organisms may appear at any moment?

    Even worse - viruses transfer genomic material between different organisms so that without human interference genes can move between species. Even between humans and other animals.

    Worrying yet?

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