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A_Shadow t1_iskikll wrote

Reply to comment by TikkiTakiTomtom in The Race to Make a Vaccine for Breast Cancer by AdmiralKurita

Why? A vaccine is very simple, training the human immune system to target a specific antigen.

That's what's its always been, the only difference is that we have gotten better at making them.

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TikkiTakiTomtom t1_iskpru3 wrote

I was saying more like it’s commonspeak now ever since the pandemic happened. From people on the street to news media. A decade ago this article would have been titled “A Race For The Cure” or something to that effect.

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A_Shadow t1_iskwnpb wrote

Fair enough I get what you are saying now and I agree with you in that. Although I would prefer this to what it was in the past since this is a bit more accurate.

The "whole race for the cure" suggests that there is one magic bullet for cancer. But there isn't, because cancer is a very broad term and there are 1000s of different cancers. It's like saying one antibiotic for all bacterial infections ever.

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