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- doublsh0t, on 02/29/2008, -0/+36sweet, now the pharmaceutical corporations can patent it and sell it for thousands of dollars per pill
- xXKobaXx, on 02/29/2008, -2/+24Well after seeing "I Am Legend", I'm a little worried. Now I shall go build myself a well-lit super-base.
But seriously, this is great, one step further in human evolution. - killerknives, on 02/29/2008, -2/+24I've seen at least 15 cures for cancer on digg
- Legato, on 02/29/2008, -1/+12and create zombies that can't be exposed to sunlight
- eH9116, on 02/29/2008, -2/+13yea you guys clearly don't go to the movies...
- ekSD, on 02/29/2008, -1/+11Well, time to get your copies of Shrek, Ford vehicles, and Apple gadgets ready for what's coming.
- bxblox, on 02/29/2008, -0/+9Id prefer a source other than dailymail for this type of article. Buried.
- Sornos, on 02/29/2008, -1/+9So you're saying that everyone that could get cancer will be dead in a decade? People in the future will still get cancer just like we do unless we (right now) do something.
- sirbeta, on 02/29/2008, -2/+8Try thinking about the future, instead of what will directly benefit you now.
- inactive, on 02/29/2008, -0/+5A new miracle cure for cancer?
Right on time, it's been a few weeks since we had the last one. - FoxRacR17, on 02/29/2008, -4/+9THEY'RE GOING TO TURN INTO ZOMBIES!!
- dinostabOMG, on 02/29/2008, -2/+6Can't; American.
- mark076h, on 02/29/2008, -4/+8I Am Legend
- mrgoat, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3***** dailymail AGAIN on digg
- h0ser, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3i have man boobs, can this work for me too? /s
- bunnyblues, on 02/29/2008, -1/+4...that *may help* to prevent *one form of breast cancer* that affects 2k of 44k breast cancer victims in the area, all of which *may happen* in ten years. What are we, Fox News?
- kd1s, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3Too late for my family. I lost both my mother and grandmother to breast cancer. My mother was only 33 when she died, my grandmother was in her early 60's.
I'm happy to see that they didn't die in vain and that research is finding out how these cancers function in order to stop them spreading. - caudron, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3Yeah, all the better would be that they spend millions on research then give it away in a fit of generosity. Surely that will encourage more drug research and companies go belly up supporting the idea of free medication. /sarcasm
- edebolt, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2yes but once patent expire in 7 years then its seems to be fair game by many countries to steal the formula and sell it at or near cost
- seeyounorth, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2Someone's got to copy stories from Fark and paste them somewhere...
- wipis, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2YES! We must save the breast. So many perfectly good boobs getting destroyed every day. But with all seriousness guys imagine having to lose a Nut.
- saska, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2Yeah. Those MSM hacks never report the truth.
- tryangles, on 02/29/2008, -1/+3Cure shmure. It's a preventative pill, you know, the kind you have to keep taking and going back and buying. Gotta love Big Pharm - No cures just band aids.
- ArchiTech, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2More than likely the drug has flaws which will induce other anomalous diseases. Then the pharmaceuticals can develop a drug for all the new diseases this drug creates.
- Pake, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2Herpes would happen. Herpes is the end result of everything.
- xdevit, on 02/29/2008, -1/+3Why is it every time there is breakthrough in medicine its always NOT the US. Was under the impression the US had the best medical research in the world.
- dinostabOMG, on 02/29/2008, -2/+4@Pake:
(whoosh) - bunnyblues, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2I'm just talking about the headline here.
- inactive, on 02/29/2008, -2/+4This is the closest that a digger will ever be to a breast (With the exception of man boobs).
- groberts1980, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2More likely that the pharmaceutical companies will take it and bury it. They make much more money off of treating cancer rather than preventing it.
- maximusdigg, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2Plasmid anyone?
- Pake, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2Considering some of your older post, I'm more inclined to believe you actually meant it, but failed to check his profile first, especially considering some of your post history. I remembered your name for some reason and knew I ran into you before and found the thread: http://digg.com/educational/The_History_of_War_in_ ...
I give you credit on trying to play it off though. - Pake, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1I don't hold grudges. I just hate ignorant statements.
- fuzzybutton, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Doesn't it have to go just around the corner first?
- Metasquares, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1I'm glad that developments are being made in breast cancer (and in fact have done a bit of research on it myself), but I think we're concentrating too much on one form of cancer and neglecting other more common and deadlier ones.
For example, the researchers claim this vaccine may also have applications to some pancreatic cancer patients. Given that pancreatic cancer carries a 99% mortality rate (I believe it's the 5th deadliest in terms of number of people it kills, due to lower incidence than, say, lung cancer) because none of our current treatments work on it, I wonder why it isn't the study of more direct research. If even one effective nonsurgical treatment was found, the survival rate could improve dramatically. - mOdQuArK, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1That's SEVENTEEN years (up to 20 in some cases), not 7. And there's this little thing called a continuation, where they can patent a new thing which is just a slight variation of an older patent that they already have, and if they've worded it correctly, they can still keep anyone from competing with them.
- bryik, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1What would happen if someone just mixed all the cures together in a big jug?
- teejer, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1i'm glad i'm not the only one who thinks of 'Legend' every time a new drug is said to prevent/reverse a form of cancer or disease.
- jpt62089, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1You do realize that even if this doesn't work it is a step forward.
- ImpoliteAndEvil, on 04/06/2009, -0/+1Great news! Until it's available, I will be offering free breast exams. ;) [was that in bad taste? probably.]
- Metasquares, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Which is the standard treatment for testicular cancer (possibly combined with BEP chemo), as you might expect.
- inactive, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Better late than never.
- inactive, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1medical advice/news from the dailymail? no thank you
- RobotBuddha, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1The US is top in a lot of various types of medical research, but not all of them by a long shot. Often the top in more specialized categories is simply because a single person lives in a given area. He moves, the status shifts.
- mOdQuArK, on 03/02/2008, -0/+1To be more accurate, patents are considered to be valid from the date of the notarized documentation of the PROCESS for creating the molecule (although the description of the processes seem to be "flexible" enough to cover just about every possible known way of creating a given molecule).
2nd: If you're really sick or dying, and there's only one company that is manufacturing a drug that is effective in your case, saying "no" to them is not really a viable option for you. There's a big difference between allowing a company to have an effective monopoly on something like luxury toilet paper, or smiley face trinkets, but when you're talking peoples' health & lives, the so-called "right" to make billions of dollars with government-enforced monopolies on ideas should be extremely limited. - RobotBuddha, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1It's usually the new kids or the more incompetent reporters who get put into science and health reporting. The public will believe anything they say, and the researchers don't get their science news from newspaper or tv. So they can say pretty much whatever they want and not get called on it.
- daridave, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Great. Take the worry away, not every freaking woman on the planet will have plastic breast. Not that it makes me sad, but...
- sq2shooter, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2The patent starts upon discovery of the molecule not the launch of the drug. There can be years before the drug actually makes it through clinical trials and is placed in the market (if it does not end up like most drugs and never makes it to the approval stage). Oh and let us not forget one important fact, nobody is forced to take anything a drug company manufacturers. Feel free to say no to them and their diabolical scheme to remain a profitable public company in a free market economy.
- inactive, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2Finally, a cause I can believe in. Save the *****!
- mcottier, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1When someone does eventually cure cancer, nobody is ever going to believe them because to many people have cried wolf!
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