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Ok. How long it has been administered before they figured this out?

Ifosfamide was approved for use in the USA in 1987, but the epigenetic analysis tools used to generate this finding are much newer. In the press release, they don't advocate for stopping use of the drug, but rather to freeze or preserve germ cells so that they are not affected during treatment.

Talk about borrowing against the youth

Not exactly shocking from a DNA alkylating agent.

>germ

Tell me you hate kids without telling me...^(/s; please don't fix it)

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"Germ cell" is a term referring to sperm and egg cells

reminds me of someone I knew that found out she had aggressive cancer AFTER she got pregnant

she didnt want to risk doing any treatments, so she just carried the baby to term and then began aggressive cancer treatment AFTER delivery

she did not make it

sigh...

Sounds like she was right though?

Yeah, she was right I guess.

So, is it safe to say that there is a big possibility that many prescription drugs that are prescribed today may cause yet unknown side effects? We just still don't have means to detect them.

Germ cells refer to the egg and sperm cells as a whole, a great way to refer to both without saying "precursor cells to a financial parasite that will drain your bank account and destroy your mental state."

In my opinion, "germ cells" is a much nicer and simpler term than the aforementioned phrase.