What If We Find a Cure for Cancer?

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07/07/23

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After 2,250 medical trials, involving 380,000 patient volunteers, your wishes and your prayers have finally been answered: we found a cure for cancer.
What if that were true? How would it work? How many lives would we save?
Would there be any side effects?

Transcript and sources: https://insh.world/science/wha....t-if-we-find-a-cure-

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Your Body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmXR46TrbA8&list=PLZdXRHYAVxTJNsV9FFeNAKl2ySsHj8GZO
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