• magicalman315@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m no expert, but I am familiar with the concept of “tuning” the immune system to recognize cancerous cells via pharmaceuticals. Some of these treatments may cause the immune system to attack healthy tissue. I don’t know if this is still the case.

    I think the difference here is that the sound treatment causes the initial disruption to the cells, and then the immune system realizes (on its own) that the cells are a threat. Then, the immune system can start attacking the bad cells.

    • ozymandias117@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Since the sound treatment is approved by the FDA, I assume it’s safe, and it’s awesome news

      I can’t tell if the article is misunderstanding the science when they say it might help the immune system target the cancer cells in the future, though

      Most of the time I see news about it being promising in lab rats, it doesn’t work in humans - which isn’t a failing of science, it’s a failing of the media IMO