MTDH, a gene that enables every major cancer, including breast, prostate, lung, liver and colon, can be eliminated with few or no negative side effects

https://www.princeton.edu/news/2021/11/29/new-cancer-therapy-yibin-kangs-lab-holds-potential-switch-major-cancer-types

"mice born without MTDH are resistant to cancer... metastatic cancers are scary, by figuring out how they work — figuring out their dependency on certain key pathways like MTDH — we can attack them and make them susceptible to treatment... we identify a compound, show it is effective... and show that it is very, very effective when combined with chemotherapy and immunotherapy... targeted experimental treatment... ready for human trials in a few years"

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