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> To figure out how to induce spontaneous remission of cancer cells would be a revolutionary advance.

There's a lot of work being done on that front, primarily in the form of inducing an immune response to cancer.

This work is being done in "allopathic" medical schools and hospitals and in biology labs that are the source of most allopathic medicine.

If this work succeeds, it might lead to a cancer vaccine: the kind of treatment sometimes opposed by homeopaths and naturopaths.




> This work is being done in "allopathic" medical schools and hospitals and in biology labs that are the source of most allopathic medicine.

'Allopath' is considered a derogatory term by the modern doctors who are aware of its origin.

> If this work succeeds, it might lead to a cancer vaccine: the kind of treatment sometimes opposed by homeopaths and naturopaths.

The core of the resistance to vaccines is an opposition to the idea that a disease's context doesn't matter. Improved sanitation, refrigeration, insights into adequate nutrition, and other improvements in technology have done just as much as vaccination to vanquish the diseases of antiquity.


> Improved sanitation, refrigeration, insights into adequate nutrition, and other improvements in technology have done just as much as vaccination to vanquish the diseases of antiquity.

I don't understand the relevance. Will sanitation, refrigeration, or nutrition protect you from polio, measles, or other diseases commonly vaccinated against?




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