robcal35
robcal35 t1_iw6b5xc wrote
Reply to comment by Corogue in How do medical researchers obtain lab animals with diseases like specific forms of cancer which arise spontaneously? Do they raise thousands of apes and hope some eventually develop the disease? by userbrn1
Immune cells require "training". Genetic alterations may be able to increase the number, but does nothing to affect their training to target cancer cells.
If you're curious, check out CAR-T (chimeric antigen receptor) cell therapy. This is literally where you are reprogramming and training immune cells to go specifically after cancer cells.
robcal35 t1_iw7fvrd wrote
Reply to comment by LachoooDaOriginl in How do medical researchers obtain lab animals with diseases like specific forms of cancer which arise spontaneously? Do they raise thousands of apes and hope some eventually develop the disease? by userbrn1
Hahaha just like the Terminator, sometimes there's some collateral damage