Can scientists figure out the molecular switch to reverse hair loss already?! Please!?
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Headlines always oversell, but reversing cancer cell behavior is still a big deal at the molecular level. The hard part is translating it safely to humans.
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we’ll see this again in 5 years on uplifting news… that it’s made incremental process and is now 50 years away from implementation
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Amazing discovery!
Professor Kwang-Hyun Cho said, “We have discovered a molecular switch that can revert the fate of cancer cells back to a normal state by capturing the moment of critical transition right before normal cells are changed into an irreversible cancerous state.”
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And this is the last time we hear of this…
Nu7s on
Have you tried turning off and back on again?
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So sad to hear that she died tomorrow. RIP 💔
TheRealtcSpears on
Wow the US leaving the WHO has been a huge boon for medical sciences almost immediately……
BioFrosted on
Is it me or have a dozen forms of cancer or other grave diseases been reversed or cured since 2026 started?
I’m not complaining obviously, far from it, but I feel like we used to see one such post a year, and now I’ve seen like seven in the past two weeks.
There was the Mexican Doctor who cured HPV (and if memory serves, also cured chlamydia in 81% of cases, just a happy lil accident), then there was the Spanish gentleman who shredded pancreatic cancer, which is hella aggressive.
Forgive me, I’m bad with names.
What’s going on? Have we stumbled upon a major breakthrough recently that allows for such advances or is it just coincidence?
Chiinoe on
Some asshole just tripped the switch some time ago??
LiffeyDodge on
If this works it needs to get to patients yesterday
saraknow on
Reversing cancer cell behavior at the molecular level is huge, but the gap between ‘in the lab’ and ‘in humans’ is a chasm that takes decades to bridge
Sargaron on
Someone give these scientist some armed security quick
YourStudyBuddy on
Sensationalized headlines like this are partially to blame for why the public has such a distrust of the medical community.
They neglect to specify what types of cancer this was shown in. Thousands of cancers exist, it isn’t a single disease where a single cure can be discovered. They each stem from different organs, tissues, etc, and they each respond to various treatments differently
Stating they reverse cancers cells back to normal without specifying what types of cancer gives the illusion that it is a single disease process and that a single “cure” can be found.
When that doesn’t pan out the public is left thinking it’s because scientists are hiding a cure. In reality, this was shown in a lab, not in a patient, and not for all cancers that exist. There is a LOT of work left to translate results in a lab to results in a human.
DeadSol on
A glimmer of hope in a world shrouded in darkness.
Tacklestiffener on
My friend died aged 55 of a glioblastoma and the week later there was a news report of a simple virus, that we all had as kids, that could be injected into the tumour and kill it. No surrounding tissue damage.
So… twenty five years later… the only lesson is not to trust headlines or early research.
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All these stories after the US leaves the WHO… What does the WHO say about tinfoil hats?
fwambo42 on
do you want zombies? that’s how you get zombies
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I wonder if we can use this to remove cancer via triangulated microwaves.
Truly grateful to be able to quickly analyze this with AI, so the full story gets told:
**Strengths:** Novel approach — reverses cancer cells instead of killing; uses cutting-edge single-cell and computational modeling.
**Weaknesses:** Only tested in lab-grown organoids; no animal or human data yet; unknown safety and side effects.
**Opportunities:** Could inspire new cancer therapies across multiple cancer types; opens systems biology approaches for drug discovery.
**Threats:** High risk of failure in vivo; translation to humans could take decades; complex gene network manipulation may have unintended consequences.
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Never to be heard of again…………..
Never to be heard from again.
Can scientists figure out the molecular switch to reverse hair loss already?! Please!?
Headlines always oversell, but reversing cancer cell behavior is still a big deal at the molecular level. The hard part is translating it safely to humans.
we’ll see this again in 5 years on uplifting news… that it’s made incremental process and is now 50 years away from implementation
Amazing discovery!
Professor Kwang-Hyun Cho said, “We have discovered a molecular switch that can revert the fate of cancer cells back to a normal state by capturing the moment of critical transition right before normal cells are changed into an irreversible cancerous state.”
And this is the last time we hear of this…
Have you tried turning off and back on again?
So sad to hear that she died tomorrow. RIP 💔
Wow the US leaving the WHO has been a huge boon for medical sciences almost immediately……
Is it me or have a dozen forms of cancer or other grave diseases been reversed or cured since 2026 started?
I’m not complaining obviously, far from it, but I feel like we used to see one such post a year, and now I’ve seen like seven in the past two weeks.
There was the Mexican Doctor who cured HPV (and if memory serves, also cured chlamydia in 81% of cases, just a happy lil accident), then there was the Spanish gentleman who shredded pancreatic cancer, which is hella aggressive.
Forgive me, I’m bad with names.
What’s going on? Have we stumbled upon a major breakthrough recently that allows for such advances or is it just coincidence?
Some asshole just tripped the switch some time ago??
If this works it needs to get to patients yesterday
Reversing cancer cell behavior at the molecular level is huge, but the gap between ‘in the lab’ and ‘in humans’ is a chasm that takes decades to bridge
Someone give these scientist some armed security quick
Sensationalized headlines like this are partially to blame for why the public has such a distrust of the medical community.
They neglect to specify what types of cancer this was shown in. Thousands of cancers exist, it isn’t a single disease where a single cure can be discovered. They each stem from different organs, tissues, etc, and they each respond to various treatments differently
Stating they reverse cancers cells back to normal without specifying what types of cancer gives the illusion that it is a single disease process and that a single “cure” can be found.
When that doesn’t pan out the public is left thinking it’s because scientists are hiding a cure. In reality, this was shown in a lab, not in a patient, and not for all cancers that exist. There is a LOT of work left to translate results in a lab to results in a human.
A glimmer of hope in a world shrouded in darkness.
My friend died aged 55 of a glioblastoma and the week later there was a news report of a simple virus, that we all had as kids, that could be injected into the tumour and kill it. No surrounding tissue damage.
So… twenty five years later… the only lesson is not to trust headlines or early research.
All these stories after the US leaves the WHO… What does the WHO say about tinfoil hats?
do you want zombies? that’s how you get zombies
I wonder if we can use this to remove cancer via triangulated microwaves.
Full article available here:
https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202412503
Truly grateful to be able to quickly analyze this with AI, so the full story gets told:
**Strengths:** Novel approach — reverses cancer cells instead of killing; uses cutting-edge single-cell and computational modeling.
**Weaknesses:** Only tested in lab-grown organoids; no animal or human data yet; unknown safety and side effects.
**Opportunities:** Could inspire new cancer therapies across multiple cancer types; opens systems biology approaches for drug discovery.
**Threats:** High risk of failure in vivo; translation to humans could take decades; complex gene network manipulation may have unintended consequences.
The article is dated 2/7/25!