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I'd love to see a comparison done on the news pieces we're reading today about CAR-T and compare it to the news stories a century ago as penicillin was discovered and began being used as a treatment.

Everyone is afraid to over-hype this, but take a moment and consider that we're now re-wiring the human immune system to fight things it previously couldn't. That's incredible.

Obligatory xkcd on the topic: https://xkcd.com/938/




Penicillin :: invading diseases (bacterial/viral/fungal)

CARs (& protein biotherapetuics) :: human diseases (misregulation/cancer)




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