Quantcast
ZME Science
  • News
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Future
  • Space
  • Features
  • More
    • About
    • The Team
    • Advertise
    • Contribute
    • Our stance on climate change
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact
No Result
View All Result
ZME Science

No Result
View All Result
ZME Science
No Result
View All Result
Home Health & Medicine

Why cancer is so hard to cure, explained by infographic

Beating cancer is tough.

Tibi Puiu by Tibi Puiu
February 13, 2018
in Health & Medicine, News
Reading Time: 1 min read
A A
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterSubmit to Reddit

In the United States alone, cancer is the second leading cause of death, surpassed only by heart diseases. Although the first records of cancer in humans can be traced back to ancient 5,000-year-old Egyptian scrolls, to this day there is no general cure for cancer. But that’s not out of lack of trying. Each year, billions of dollars are funneled towards research that might one day finally rid humanity of this dreadful disease. There are already many promising new treatments like a potentially universal cancer vaccine or a malaria protein that binds to cancer cells and kills 95% of tumor types.

Sorry to interrupt, but you should really...

...Join the ZME newsletter for amazing science news, features, and exclusive scoops. More than 40,000 subscribers can't be wrong.

   

why-no-cancer-cure-yet

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

Tags: cancer
ShareTweetShare
Tibi Puiu

Tibi Puiu

Tibi is a science journalist and co-founder of ZME Science. He writes mainly about emerging tech, physics, climate, and space. In his spare time, Tibi likes to make weird music on his computer and groom felines.

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
  • News
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Future
  • Space
  • Features
  • More

© 2007-2019 ZME Science - Not exactly rocket science. All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Future
  • Space
  • Features
  • More
    • About
    • The Team
    • Advertise
    • Contribute
    • Our stance on climate change
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact

© 2007-2019 ZME Science - Not exactly rocket science. All Rights Reserved.