I am cancer researcher Wes Wilson. I study immunotherapies, which use the immune system to treat cancer. AMA! |
- I am cancer researcher Wes Wilson. I study immunotherapies, which use the immune system to treat cancer. AMA!
- If left, spilled soda eventually ends up attracting ants. Would diet soda do the same, or do they ignore it because there is no caloric benefit?
- Why don't you feel an electric shock while touching a 9V battery but feel one with the fake pen and gum toys with button cells?
- Is atomic stability of radioactive elements affected when they form a molecule with another element?
- Does Jupiter have a solid core of anything or is it truly just a large ball of gas?
- Why do fishes go belly up?
- Would Earth's magnetic field get weaker as the outer core solidifies?
- How does staying hydrated help your body fight infections? Is it a matter of just not being dehydrated?
- Is it possible to burn calories without increasing the heart rate? Also, why does resting heart rate tend to go down the more "in shape" someone gets?
- How does sunscreen work?
- Two photons are fired to the same point at the same time from different distances, so one photon reaches the destination first, yet for both of the photons no relative time has passed, yet one arrived first. What did the photon which was more distant "see"?
- Does electrolysis happen when a current passes through the body?
- Would sending a Nanobot spacecraft through a black hole using Quantum Communication be the best method for gathering information?
- Why ∞ x 0 is a indetermination and not 0?
- How does Missile Approach Warning (MAW) systems work?
- Why, in a fluid, is pressure the same in all directions?
- How much energy would be released from a single atom splitting?
| Posted: 24 Jun 2017 08:06 AM PDT Hi, I'm Wes Wilson (/u/LabcoatNomad), a Canadian cancer researcher currently working in Australia on treating metastatic mesothelioma using combination immunotherapy treatments. I first got started in cancer research in Toronto at Sunnybrook Hospital before moving into research on childhood brain tumours at The Hospital for Sick Children. There I worked on the epigenetics of childhood brain tumour progression in 2010. In 2013 the journal Science labeled cancer immunotherapy as "the breakthrough of the year" and many cancer patients were given new hope for treatment. But the work and research to identify the best treatments and combinations for the variety of types of cancer is still on going and desperately needed. No one knows why some immunotherapies work for some patients and others they fail. Our work hopes to increase the effectiveness of these new therapies by combining it with adjunct therapies to help the body self-vaccinate against the tumours! I will be back at 8pm ET to answer your questions. Ask me anything! (Note from the mods: we cannot comment on specific patients' cases, so please do not post any personal medical information on the subreddit. Thank you!) [link] [comments]  |
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| Is atomic stability of radioactive elements affected when they form a molecule with another element? Posted: 25 Jun 2017 02:09 AM PDT For instance say plutonium bonds with some other element. Is it's half life reduced or is it constant regardless? [link] [comments]  |
| Does Jupiter have a solid core of anything or is it truly just a large ball of gas? Posted: 24 Jun 2017 05:25 PM PDT |
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| Would Earth's magnetic field get weaker as the outer core solidifies? Posted: 24 Jun 2017 09:07 PM PDT |
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| Posted: 25 Jun 2017 03:54 AM PDT The question still stands for if the photon that was closer would be fired later, yet arrive first. [link] [comments]  |
| Does electrolysis happen when a current passes through the body? Posted: 24 Jun 2017 09:54 AM PDT I was thinking that areas of the body with salt and water (a saline solution) should cause electrolysis to happen, making NaOH on/in the body and releasing chlorine gas. However, when I get a current through my body from un-grounded electronics (like my macbook), I don't feel or smell any sodium hydroxide or clorine gas. Why is this? I would really expect NaOH in the eyes to sting. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2017 07:13 PM PDT Since you probably wouldn't be able to use radio / light communication once you went past the event horizon. [link] [comments]  |
| Why ∞ x 0 is a indetermination and not 0? Posted: 24 Jun 2017 11:41 AM PDT |
| How does Missile Approach Warning (MAW) systems work? Posted: 24 Jun 2017 12:21 PM PDT As title. Detecting a piece of metal flying so fast and knowing where it targets seems to be quite an amazing feat. [link] [comments]  |
| Why, in a fluid, is pressure the same in all directions? Posted: 24 Jun 2017 11:26 AM PDT I understand that, with depth, the weight of the fluid in question increases, so that accounts for the downward force, but why do fluid particles exert the same pressure from every other direction? [link] [comments]  |
| How much energy would be released from a single atom splitting? Posted: 24 Jun 2017 04:03 PM PDT Also, how many atoms were split during the explosions of little boy and fat man? What about the tsar bomb? Thanks in advance [link] [comments]  |
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