No, the mutations that occur in your regular cells are basically mutations in the mechanisms that control cell division and/or cell death. So they keep growing, causing a tumor. For the most part, they still look like the same cell on the outside. That’s what your body doesn’t mount a strong immune response and it is hard to target them with drugs. All the houses look the same, there’s no way to give the bacteriophage an address.
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Reply to Would it be possible to modify a virus to target cancer cells? by KetogenicKraig
No, the mutations that occur in your regular cells are basically mutations in the mechanisms that control cell division and/or cell death. So they keep growing, causing a tumor. For the most part, they still look like the same cell on the outside. That’s what your body doesn’t mount a strong immune response and it is hard to target them with drugs. All the houses look the same, there’s no way to give the bacteriophage an address.