Cancer Cells

[GucciGoosie]

I’m not a biologist by any means, but after a few late nights being bored and researching i wanted to ask you guys if this is a good baseline idea.
So from my research I learned that, like all organisms, all cancer cells need oxygen to survive. I also found that White blood cells get there oxygen from plasma. i was wondering if we could some how use this to our advantage. Such as starving the cancer cells of oxygen an keeping the white blood cells alive.

[josem]

Good idea. But how can starve cancer cells specifically, without affecting normal cells.

[SATYRA]

So from my research I learned that, like all organisms, all cancer cells need oxygen to survive. I also found that White blood cells get there oxygen from plasma. i was wondering if we could some how use this to our advantage. Such as starving the cancer cells of oxygen an keeping the white blood cells alive.

[Patrick]

You would need to target a physiological requirement the cancer cells have that are not for normal cells.

[nikki nemo]

Cancer cells are cells that divide relentlessly, forming solid tumors or flooding the blood with abnormal cells. Cell division is a normal process used by the body for growth and repair.

[nikki nemo]

Cancer cells differ from normal cells in the body in many ways. Normal cells become cancerous when a series of mutations leads the cell to continue to grow and divide out of control, and, in a way, a cancer cell is a cell that has achieved a sort of immortality.

[claudepa]

There are necrotic areas in tumor where cancer cells are able to survive without oxygen. They use fermentation instead of phosphorylative oxydation to make ATP

[sunil paul]

They can also travel throughout the blood and lymph systems to other parts of the body.

[claudepa]

Yes. Localised tumor is generaly not a problem. Real cancer is when cells migrate in the body to form metatasis. Oxygen is used to make ATP. Glucose is also used to make ATP. Cancer cells need a lot of ATP to divide. Therefore an other way to stop cancer cells proliferating is to reduce the glucose amount. This is the basis of the ketogenic diets. But I believe, altough some patients report positive effects, that no clinical trial has shown a significant effect of ketogenic diet.

[fredrickk655]

hello. i’m not an expert here, cancer is when cells migrate in the body to form metatase .. those diet can slow down the development of tumors in the body? the fact that this has not been scientifically proven, I heard, but there are some studies proving the big statistics of convalescence with treatment and adherence to a diet in a complex and not just mecmentosis treatment?

[claudepa]

what do you mean by mecmentosis ?

[Kosheeka Cells]

Well, normal cells only turn into cancerous cells. They keep on dividing continuously. Your idea sounds great but how can we starve cancer cells without any detrimental impacts o the normal cells. Maybe 3D models for cancer research could be helpful. I hope this might help.

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