Hi, I’m Aastha, and welcome to Live Longer World, where I interview scientists researching the frontiers of longevity science and write about health & longevity practices.
Can we detect cancer so early such that we find the very first cell of cancer? Not just stage 1 cancer, but the first cell of cancer.
In this episode, Dr. Michael Levin and I speak with Dr. Azra Raza:
She is an oncologist pioneering early detection of cancer using electric signals. So far, our best solution to curing cancer has been to detect it early, and she wants to take this further, by nipping cancer at the very first cell.
Her story with cancer is also deeply personal as she lost her husband to the disease.
You can see in the episode how much she cares about solving cancer through early detection, and how aggrieved she is about the fact that not only have we made zero progress on cancer in the last 100 years, but doctors are also not focused on cancer prevention.
Dr. Raza is also the author of the book The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last.
Timestamps below cover the topics discussed well.
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Timestamps:
0:00 New theory of cancer
1:45 What causes cancer?
5:39 Hybrid cells in cancer
11:16 Why do cancer cells become immortal?
14:14 Detecting the first cell of cancer
17:09 Stress causes cancer cells to fuse
21:40 Cancer drugs don’t work universally
25:54 Personalization of early cancer detection
29:29 Detect cancer early using electrics
35:46 Anguish of cancer patients
39:06 Cancer progress hasn’t moved in 100 years
44:04 Doctors don’t think of cancer prevention
46:54 First Cell Therapeutics - Azra’s company
50:55 What is the first cell stage of cancer?
54:55 Advice for cancer patients
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