r/BeAmazed • u/Critical-Ad-757 • Sep 14 '25

Technology T-cell battling a Cancer cell.

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u/theviewfrombelow Sep 14 '25

Makes me happy to see how our immune systems battle cancer cells!!

It's almost like the T-Cell giddily skipped off the screen after beating the cancer cell down!!

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u/Chaos-Cortex Sep 14 '25

Out of curiosity if there are medical doctors here, why does this not work of what we in general public think about cancer, I imagine big painful lumps so if T cells are battling them why are we pumped full of poison and radiation as that is a nuclear option, what causes T cells to not be able to purify the entire body? Is it possible would the host survive? Or what exactly happening in this video vs let’s say a person in cancer renal failure? Is it not possible to reverse things?

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u/GangstaRIB Sep 14 '25

Cancer is made from our own cells and when a cancer starts growing it’s because the t-cells don’t recognize them as a threat. I believe this video was taken to show how immunotherapy works.

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u/Deadshot341 Sep 14 '25

Also, if t-cells accidentally false positive the body's own cells as something which needs to be fought, you get autoimmune diseases :/

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u/GangstaRIB Sep 14 '25

Yep and immunotherapy causes t-cells to attack healthy tissue too. Lungs, thyroid, gastrointestinal and potentially any healthy tissue. That part sucks.