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[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

But does it also not kill the rest of the person? A bullet will kill cancer cells in lab conditions.

[–] zr0 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait. I know how to cure the MAGA’s.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The old cure for fascism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Egyptian curses?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Close, the Ark of the Covenant

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Medicine is in the dose. If you take enough ibuprofen it will kill you beside your pain. Lithium is a useful and powerful mood stabilizer, but take just a tiny bit more, and it's deadly poison

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sure, but there are far more things which will kill the entire person at the same dose they'll kill the cancer than things which can be carefully controlled by choosing the right dose.

These studies which claim to kill cancer in a petri dish usually turn out to be the former, because not killing the host is the difficult part

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's fair. But imo if it kills cancer cells, it's worth investigating

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

we got alot of medications from fungus, like some antibiotics, immunosuppresants(some came from bacteria too)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

❌ Bleach
❌ Hydrochloric acid
❌ Lava
❔ Yellow cake

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

If you swallow a bunch of gunpowder, drink gasoline, fill yourself with nitroglycerin, and then slam yourself on the floor—sure, you'll get hired by the talent agent, but then you have to reveal that you can only do the trick once.