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How realistic is the cancer "vaccine" talked about recently?

How realistic is the cancer "vaccine" talked about recently?


How realistic is the cancer "vaccine" talked about recently?

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 12:36 AM PST

A recent post to /r/worldnews is talking about a cancer "vaccine" talked about in this article.

All sorts of claims have been made about cancer in the post. So, how realistic is this?

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Is self-awareness biologically useful, and is it subject to selective pressure?

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 03:10 AM PST

Do other planets have techtonic plates? Why or why not?

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 04:34 AM PST

What is the main cause for polar vortexes and arctic oscillations and what makes them similar or different?

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 07:15 AM PST

Why is there a flu season? What does the time of year have to do with the spread of influenza strains? Is it temperature? Are there parts of the world that don't get the flu? How does northern vs southern hemisphere impact the flu season?

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 07:00 PM PST

Why is rat race coupler named so?

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 04:32 AM PST

For GW150914, the first observation of gravitational waves, the stretch was miniscule upon reaching Earth. What would the stretch have felt like closer (ex. 1 light-year away) from the event?

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 03:26 PM PST

Would it have been a similarly small amount, or would the energy have decayed far less at that point?

Is there an amount we could calculate for the stretch? The stretch on Earth has been described as follows:

"For example, the waves given off by the cataclysmic final merger of GW150914 reached Earth after travelling over a billion light-years, as a ripple in spacetime that changed the length of a 4-km LIGO arm by a ten thousandth of the width of a proton, proportionally equivalent to changing the distance to the nearest star outside the Solar System by one hair's width."

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Do larger stars have more planets in their Goldilocks zone?

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 06:29 AM PST

Some stars are enormously bigger than Sol. Would they have a larger Goldilocks zone where we might find life-supporting planets?

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Do fish form cliques within the school they swim?

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 04:12 AM PST

How do scientists select or create mice with cancer for testing vaccines?

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 04:00 AM PST

Why doesn’t diesel have different grade levels at gas stations like gasoline?

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 05:30 AM PST

Where do the blood cells of earthworms form?

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 05:08 PM PST

If humans blood cells are created in bone marrow, then where are they formed in earthworms?

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Would the cross sectional shape of a wire (circular, square, or even star) make a big impact on how electricity flowed through it?

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 06:50 PM PST

I read that most of the current flows near the surface of a wire due to eddy currents and the skin effect. What would happen if you changed the shape of the wire?

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If human cells can repair themselves, why is radiation cumulative over a lifetime?

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 10:14 PM PST

I am aware that the radiation experienced by humans (background radiation, x rays, CT scans, etc) is cumulative over a person's lifetime, and harmful because it can alter the construction of cells in the body. Yet, at the same time, human cells are able to repair themselves rather quickly. Given the the fact that radiation alters cells but they are constantly being repaired by the body, why is radiation exposure cumulative over one's life?

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How was the 'calorie' discovered? How was energy expenditure first measured?

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 09:51 PM PST

How were microprocessors made before automated robots (which use microprocessors) were invented?

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 07:09 PM PST

This seems like a paradox - since microprocessors require a level of precision beyond what is humanly possible, we use computers to do the precise work. How were the processors made before those computers were even invented?

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Do we share diseases with dogs or other domesticated animals?

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 09:34 PM PST

We have been hanging around with dogs for over 10,000 years. Have any diseases been able to jump the species gap in that time?

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If dogs and cats use urine to mark their territory, do individual animals have unique-smelling urine? How do dogs and cats produce this unique scented urine?

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 07:47 PM PST

If dogs (and cats) pee to mark their territory, I infer that different dogs will recognise their own urine and, therefore, that dogs have uniquely-scented pee. Is this true?

Assuming that it is, how do animals produce these scents, and when (or where) in the lifetime of urine, is the urine laced with the scented-substance?

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How are sharks “immune” to cancer?

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 04:28 AM PST

I know they aren't fully immune but can we use them as research create better medicine in the future?

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How do engines of different numbers of cylinders but the same displacement per cylinder (bore X stroke) compare?

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 06:58 PM PST

It seems that more and more cars have .5L per cylinder and it got me to wondering-

Now, I know that most of the time V8>V6>I4 but I'm hoping for a more specific answer than bigger engines = moar power. If you had a naturally aspirated engine that had cylinders with a bore of 89mm and pistons with a stroke of 80 as: a 2.0L I4, a 3.0L V6 and a 4.0L V8- assuming all other relevant factors are identical, how would the power output and delivery differ between the engines?

Would the V6 have ~50% more power than the I4? Would the V8 have ~33% more than the V6 and double that of the I4? How would the losses due to internal friction vary by engine and affect that engine's output? Would they all see similar power curves and redlines to each other or would they be similar to other I4/V6/V8 engines?

I appreciate any answers and please be gentle, I'm just trying to learn!

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