Friday, March 10, 2017

PLATELETS to the RESCUE


It's a good flower season here in Borrego right now,
and half the world is here to enjoy it
However, this is about platelets, not flowers
 
This is encouraging news, and a good use of Moonshot money.  Platelets are the little cellular firemen who dash in to combat problems; they cause blood clotting.  Some smart guys have figured out how to combine platelets with immunotherapy drugs.  That way when a solid tumor is removed surgically these platelets, eager to help, surge to the sight of the wound, and in the process cause any escaped cancer cells to croak.  Not a breakthrough, but progress.


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