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- Linake, on 11/06/2009, -2/+28Victorian baby? The bigger news here should be that scientists have finally perfected TIME TRAVEL!
- ElbowGeek, on 11/05/2009, -4/+20I'd be more impressed if they'd managed to cure an Edwardian baby...
- anonymousmedic, on 11/06/2009, -2/+16You mean it wasn't Homeopathic?! Those SCIENTISTS made it?. And you mean, it wasn't endorsed by a celebrity like Jenny McCarthy?! Those evil, Pharma Profit Seeking Monsters! Why, they should have that child taken away and have it immediately treated with a coffee colon clense and crystals! It could be an indigo for goddess sakes!
/sarcasm - dlinkwit27, on 11/06/2009, -1/+11Science. It works, bitches.
http://xkcd.com/54/ - Linake, on 11/06/2009, -0/+9I don't think Edwardian means when you think it means.
- masterstghm, on 11/06/2009, -0/+8It's not a real Victorian baby, it's just a Steampunk baby.
- Trollbane, on 11/06/2009, -0/+7Perhaps, but I'd never thought I see the day where "Twilight Sucks", regardless of irrelevance to the article, was buried on digg.
- noahgelman, on 11/06/2009, -1/+8The parents could have just prayed it away. It would have saved all the research money.
- anonymousmedic, on 11/06/2009, -0/+6The USDA has nothing to do with medications. That's the FDA you want to bash there. Nice try though.
- inactive, on 11/05/2009, -2/+8Magic of science
- anonymousmedic, on 11/06/2009, -0/+6GREAT SCOTT!
- jdubsss, on 11/06/2009, -0/+5<s>Faith healing would have cured this child over time</s>
- anonymousmedic, on 11/06/2009, -1/+6You are an ignorant person who has no idea of what he is bashing, yet he does so anyway. You do realize that the laws are there for a reason, right? Or do you need a history lesson.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quack_medicines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_medicine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Food_and_Drug_Ac ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Food,_Drug,_a ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefauver_Harris_Amend ...
More people have been killed by quack cures in the past 100 years, and poisonous patent medications, than have ever been killed waiting on an experimental drug. In addition, this wuld have been considered and Experimental Drug Administration in the United States. - Jaiotu, on 11/06/2009, -0/+4"Baby Z"
Great name for a baby getting an experimental cure. When the side effects turn Baby Z into a mutant superhero, it'll be the first of the "Z-Men." - anonymousmedic, on 11/06/2009, -0/+4Science. Just Good, Hard Science.
- smemily, on 11/06/2009, -0/+4Dugg for Indigo Children.
- anonymousmedic, on 11/06/2009, -2/+6Without these hurdles, you'd still have people selling you cancer cures full of elemental mercury and arsenic, or pure cocane to your child with the label of cough syrup.
The laws are in place for a reason, and it's not to make Big Pharma Money,Either. - captspaulding, on 11/06/2009, -1/+4Science. FTW!
- fragMasterFlash, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3How is jekry formed?
- richlw, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3You keep saying that word. Is something wrong with the earth's gravitational pull?
- Hiwnes, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3Wow an opening sarcasm tag. That's rare.
- srash001, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3Thanks to all the researchers
- JoeNaguib, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3Science of science.
- eTronicGaming, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3This is heavy!
- captspaulding, on 11/06/2009, -0/+3USDA? What?
- CrunchyDeluxe, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2Plantagenet babies don't get said diseases in the first place.
- smemily, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2I suppose the ethics are very clear cut in a case like this - where the disorder is 100% fatal over a short period of time. It is less obvious whether experimental drugs are the right choice for illnesses that do not have such an immediate fatal outcome.
- AikoMiko, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2Zombie Plague patient zero
- a3leggedmidgit, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2Research like this only makes me more supportive on animal test subjects.
And I'm vegan, btw. - 3tcp, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1I am an idiot. I meant FDA. I must have been hungry.
- St8ofmi9, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1Paging Dr. House....
- alboi, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1That plant biologist is the best doctor I know.
- Animan351, on 11/07/2009, -1/+2Wow. You still seem to be grazing over the fact that this kid had ZERO other options. You must be pretty thick.
- CrunchyDeluxe, on 11/06/2009, -0/+1If you have to ask...
...your jerking is in vain. - starnia, on 11/20/2009, -0/+0damn . like i said before karma's a bitch.
- Laminarcissus, on 11/06/2009, -1/+1Tip your waitresses...
- dvsbastard, on 11/06/2009, -5/+4How is babby cured?
- Myztry, on 11/06/2009, -3/+1I'm very cynical of these "fatal flaw" treatments. Fair enough they may save 100 babies per year, but if this is a genetic condition it would be terrible as nothing is actually cured. It will allow the condition to propagate through the population by enabling these people to reach breeding age and possibly having multiple children.
Saving 10,000 babies a year as a result would not really be an achievement. I'm no fan of the idea of eugenics but I find the idea of preserving fatal flaws through medical intervention quite worrisome. - replaysMike, on 11/06/2009, -4/+2cured into jerky? I'm assuming that is what the article is about.
- Animan351, on 11/06/2009, -5/+3So many ***** hoops to jump through in order to try and save a baby's life that has no other hope of living in the world.
It would have been even harder had they been in the U.S - Animan351, on 11/06/2009, -7/+2Did you even read the article?
This wasn't cancer dumbass. It was 100% fatal and had no known treatments.
If you or your child have a zero chance of survival, you should be able to try whatever the the hell you want. - 3tcp, on 11/06/2009, -7/+2Great story. I'm glad she was australian and not american since the USDA probably would have let her die.
- anonymousmedic, on 11/06/2009, -8/+2Twilight Sucks.
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