Social Behavior of Cancer Cells Leads Experts to Suggest Launching 'Social Networking War' Against Cancer

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"Social Behavior of Cancer Cells Leads Experts to Suggest Launching 'Social 
Networking War' Against Cancer"

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120814110949.htm

Scientists found that, by getting cancer cells to sign on to Tumorbook, the cells 
spent a great deal of time asking other cancer cells to "friend" them, and much 
less time and effort went into invading and converting normal tissue cells.  When 
cancer cells were convinced to run the "Metastasizeville" game app, remission 
rates as high as 87% were achieved in controlled studies.


(Yes, of course I'm kidding: this is funsec, after all.  I just thought the headline was 
cute.  But the article does have some interesting indications for further research.)

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