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1. Allison Is A Great Scientist

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 05:44 PM

Apr 2019

He has basically found a new and effective way to treat cancer. This is done by marking tumors so that the immune system attacks them. Part of what makes cancer so deadly is that cancer cells and tumors multiply and are not stopped by the body's systems. Allison has basically established immunotherapy for defeating cancer.

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Allison Is A Great Scientist Progressive2020 Apr 2019 #1

Glad he won the Nobel Prize. He'll refine and improve all that he's started to get the cure rate up. ancianita Apr 2019 #2

Yes Progressive2020 Apr 2019 #3