Tyler Jacks famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Cancer is complex and therefore there is not a one-size-fits-all solution.
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We are living through a remarkable time where we're translating this investment that we've made in cancer science to new treatments. And they're benefiting a large number of people and they will benefit many more in the years to come.
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Actually, as cancers develop in an individual patient, an individual cancer cell might be different - a little bit different - from the cell that's sitting right next to it. And so there's heterogeneity, we call it. It makes the problem that much harder.
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The challenge is that if you stimulate your immune system, it might get over-stimulated. And it might actually start causing harm to normal cells in your body. So we have to work a balance between attacking the cancer and not attacking yourself.
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We certainly do have to be realistic about where we stand. It is the case that cancer is the second-leading cause of deaths in the U.S., in fact, in nearly half the states it's the leading cause of death. And we have a ways to go.
-- Tyler Jacks
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Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore.
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Being the person I am, you know, the size I am, being a woman, being a black woman, there's not a lot of roles for us.
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It's not about size, it's a science.
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There are a lot of doubts over the size and effect of new competitors in the cellular sector.
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He's not fit, either physically or biomechanically.
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Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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A shoe that fits one person pinches another.
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When an artist explains what he is doing, he usually has to do one of two things: either scrap what he has explained, or make his work fit in with the explanation.
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It's Frank's painting on the cover. We were originally going to use a Salvador Dali painting that we got permission from Salvador Dali to use, and Frank found this one, and it really did fit the music much more.
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You get into the habit of being angry and hurt by life, and then when something good happens you can't accept it because it doesn't fit the pattern.
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