how does chemo not kill if it is poison?
In: Biology
Cancer cells use more resources and divide at a faster rate than non-cancer cells. So the idea is the cancer cells will consume more of the poison and die at a faster rate than the normal/healthy cells.
But this is also why chemo is hell on people, because good, healthy cells do die along with the cancer cells. This is also why they need to limit how long people are on chemo. Because it would eventually kill them.
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