Comment by neom

Comment by neom 8 days ago

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That spinning hat is pretty cool. When cells breath they create a byproduct (Reactive Oxygen Species) - all cells do this, they need to keep their ROS levels in check else the cell will die, but because cancer cells have messed up mitochondria, they don't do this correctly and typically end up with way more ROS. That hat agitates the cells so they produce more ROS, but because the cancer cells are almost at capacity, it overloads them and they die from ROS strangulation.

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echelon 8 days ago

> That hat agitates the cells so they produce more ROS, but because the cancer cells are almost at capacity, it overloads them and they die from ROS strangulation.

If this is the understood mechanism and it has measurable results, why isn't this in widespread use?

  • d--b 8 days ago

    it looks like research is way underfunded. My guess is that it is too rare, and people die quickly so clinical trials really suck.

  • neom 8 days ago

    Research is about a year old, even with fast track 4 years would be fast.