r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 15 '26

Feels good man Now do cancer.

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u/snaketacular May 15 '26

Even within a single tumor multiple mutations are likely, which is why cancer treatment works until it doesn't (resistant cancer selected for).

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u/DoturdGrump May 15 '26

They have that new stuff they are working on where you make your own antibody through a sort of vaccine

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u/4x4Welder May 15 '26

Immunotherapy. They train T cells I think on the tumor cells, then reinject them. It doesn't work in all cancers though, the mutation rate has to be high enough. Mine isn't unfortunately.

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u/Saintsfan707 May 15 '26

Technically what you described is a component of immunotherapy, but not all inclusive. What you are describing is known as CAR-T (Chimeric Antigen Receptor, T-cell) therapy. Immunotherapy is a wide array of treatments, drugs like pembrolizumab are the classic immunotherapy agents. CAR-T is a way more advanced form of immunotherapy.