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mn9driver

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8. I watched my mother die of that wretched disease.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 05:19 PM

Dec 13

The space between her diagnosis and her death in early 2007 was only 4 months. I remember helping her pack up and put away Christmas when she stopped for a moment and said, “This is the last time I get to do this.”

These mRNA treatments didn’t exist, but she kept hoping even so.

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...personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer [View all] littlemissmartypants Dec 13 OP

Trump and his billionaire buds appear to be in the process of culling the proverbial herd AZJonnie Dec 13 #1

You're giving them too much credit. They're not that deep. littlemissmartypants Dec 13 #2

Okay I'll make it more basic AZJonnie Dec 13 #3

Shame there's no mRNA for brains. Kid Berwyn Dec 13 #4

That's okay Old Crank Dec 13 #5

Pancreatic cancer is known to have a genetic basis, with the pathogenic mutation being dominant. President Carter's... NNadir Dec 13 #6

TY littlemissmartypants Dec 13 #7

Stress is a large factor in causing cancer also. ananda Dec 13 #9

I watched my mother die of that wretched disease. mn9driver Dec 13 #8

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