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71. What Do COVID-19 and Cancer Have in Common?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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The Immune System Can Be Used to Fight Cancer

Nora Dises: Scientists are trying to get our immune system back in the game. She says it's important for us to recognize cancer as foreign so we can fight it with chemotherapy or other treatments. Next week on BAPU, look at how biotechnology has transformed what is possible when it comes to diagnosing and treating genetic diseases.

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