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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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