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The Truth About Cancer<br />

work, NU is <strong>the</strong> abbreviation for neutrophils, on any given day <strong>the</strong>y’ll<br />

account for anywhere from 50 to 70 percent of your total immune army,<br />

which basically your white blood cells. Ty, <strong>the</strong>y can’t see <strong>cancer</strong>, can’t<br />

see it on your best day. The majority of your system cannot see <strong>cancer</strong>.<br />

In fact, <strong>the</strong> very narrow margin would be made up of natural killer cells<br />

and <strong>the</strong>y’re constantly surveying all <strong>the</strong> cells in your body, healthy cell<br />

smiley face, healthy cell, smiley face. Hmm…this cell doesn’t have a<br />

smiley face—bada bing, bada boom. That’s <strong>the</strong> job that naturally kills it.<br />

There may be a virus hiding inside that cell. That cell could be mutating,<br />

it could be mutating and be benign, it could be mutating and in turning<br />

<strong>cancer</strong>ous. It doesn’t matter. No smiley face.<br />

Ty: Fascinating way that you put that, very down to earth. You’re<br />

<strong>the</strong> opposite of Emeril. He kicks it up a notch. You pulled it down a<br />

notch so that I could understand that. I appreciate that. Now a<br />

couple things that you mentioned, you mentioned neutrophils, you<br />

mentioned natural NK cells which natural killer cells, you<br />

mentioned T-lymphocytes.<br />

AJ Lanigan: Cytotoxic T-lymphocytes…<br />

Ty: What does cytotoxic mean<br />

AJ Lanigan: Cytotoxic means—think of cyto—cytoplasm, that’s <strong>the</strong><br />

guts of <strong>the</strong> cell, that’s <strong>the</strong> innerds. So if something is cytotoxic that<br />

means that when it hits a cell it basically blows it up and lets <strong>the</strong> guts<br />

come out. So cells, for example, your NK cells, <strong>the</strong>ir job is to keep<br />

ramming into that cell that doesn’t have a smiley face. And every time it<br />

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