darhox t1_iugb3r5 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:31 AM

Reply to comment by jrignall1992 in TIL that chemotherapy can be traced back to the sinking of an Allied ship secretly carrying chemical weapons in WW2 by Rc72

Mustard gas is therapeutic?

Veritas3333 t1_iugh9v7 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:22 AM

Yes

That's what this whole post is about

CeeCeeAndDee t1_iuhlh4m wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:08 PM

You make my head hurt. The answer is literally a click away, and you choose to be ignorant.

Rc72 OP t1_iuhpwsn wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:50 PM

Not exactly therapeutic: it’s toxic, but as a WW2 military surgeon found out, it turns out to be even more toxic for cancer cells than for regular cells…

PisseArtiste t1_iuivdv2 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:43 PM

The first chemotherapy drugs, some of which are still in use, are alkylating agents, and they're basically chemically similar and derived from mustard gas (which isn't a gas, incidentally).