Great story about the application of evolutionary principles to fight cancer
/A CLEVER NEW STRATEGY FOR TREATING CANCER, THANKS TO DARWIN
ROXANNE KHAMSI (WIRED)
“Even if cancer therapies kill most of the cells they target, a small subset can survive, largely thanks to genetic changes that render them resistant. In advanced-stage cancer, it’s generally a matter of when, not if, the pugnacious surviving cells will become an unstoppable force. Gatenby thought this deadly outcome might be prevented. His idea was to expose a tumor to medication intermittently, rather than in a constant assault, thereby reducing the pressure on its cells to evolve resistance.“
