The Pensieve

these days, nothing is really humorous anymore…

or rather, nothing really cool or funny is happening…

except this:

“Chemokines are involved in directed movement (chemotaxis) of leukocytes (Chapter 2). It appears that cancer cells have also read that chapter and use similar tricks to home in on specific tissues…. … … Despite the foregoing considerations, the precise localization of metastases cannot be predicted with any form of cancer. Evidently many tumors have not red all chapters of the pathology textbooks!”

“This type of analysis also may reveal novel gene targets for tumors and development of new drugs. Therapy may be tailored to the specific genes dysregulated in a given patient. Who know, advertisements for “designer genes” may appear side by side with ads for “designer jeans”! ”

- excerpt from ‘Basic Pathology’ 7th edition, Kumar, Cotrans, Robbins