Experts propose 'cyber war' on cancer: Universities aim to break cancer's codes for social networking
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
Mounting evidence of intricate social cooperation among cancer cells has led researchers to suggest a new strategy for outsmarting cancer through its own social intelligence. The researchers call for a "cyber war" to co-opt the communications systems that allow cancer cells to work together to sense danger and avoid attacks by the immune system and chemotherapy drugs.