“'When [cancer] comes back, it comes back with a fury,” DeGregori said. “We think that these virus infections can be almost like fuel for the fire.”
( also, painful to read "post-pandemic" at the top of this otherwise interesting and important story by @corinnepurtill.bsky.social )
babs ✨
"IL-6 also inhibits mitochondria, the parts of a cell that generate energy. Wallace thinks that this suppression of the cells’ powerhouses is actually what’s encouraging cancer growth. (Mitochondrial dysfunction is also a prime suspect in the cause of Long COVID.)"
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
The pandemic has left some evidence that viral infection may play a role in reawakening dormant cancer cells already present in a patient’s body before infection.
