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- estrela123, on 07/29/2008, -4/+17very cool. the best discoveries are found serendipitously
- Lynx55, on 07/30/2008, -2/+13Sure...all the good stuff comes out after I was diagnosed!! :( But this is a great thing, wonderful hope for the future!
- tyshro, on 07/29/2008, -2/+12Hypochondriac's dream. I wonder if there could be some way to do all the cancer tests in the universe at home...?
- johlorax, on 07/30/2008, -1/+9Looking forward to 2036 when this kind of testing is approved and ready for the masses...if I haven't died of cancer by then.
- trendsetta, on 07/29/2008, -3/+8Watched a TV show the other night which had an Aussie company who are supposed to be the closest anyone has been to a cure. They'll probably be closed down by a drug company soon though... profits, profits, profits...
- Thater, on 07/30/2008, -1/+6or just a home cancer test.
- robertstevenson, on 07/29/2008, -1/+6Really interesting.
- Murdats, on 07/30/2008, -0/+4breakthroughs a newsworthy, hearing that they hit a dead end or their funding dried up, not so much.
hearing that it is now a standard every day drug is also not newsworthy, a lot of these breakthroughs make it all the way through into general use but the media never follows it up because a natural progression is never as interesting as a startling discovery. - migshark, on 07/30/2008, -0/+2So someone just happened to notice the laws of Quantum Mechanics in their alphabet cereal?
- kd1s, on 07/31/2008, -0/+1Yep, it'll eventually get to that point. I was amazed at my last physical. When the doctor did the prostate check he then swabbed the finger he used on a strip.
This piqued my interest and he told me it was to test for colon cancer cells and he showed me how it worked. Basically swab the strip then put a drop of a reagent liquid on the strip. If it changes color there are cancer cells, if it stays clear no cells detected.
Fascinating and minimally invasive test. - wiggles, on 07/30/2008, -0/+11. There is no one disease called 'cancer'. There will never be a miracle pill that cures all types of cancer for everyone, because the disease we call 'cancer' is really a myriad of different problems all caused by random genetic mutation in a living host, causing uncontrolled cellular division, producing corrupt tissues that choke off vital functions.
2. Even if aliens were to come down tomorrow and give us the cure for all cancers (while harvesting us for food and stealing all our water for fuel, of course), then those researchers would simply move on to the next disease. Pick one -- AIDS, Ebola, autism, herpes, aging, all the way down to Restless Leg Syndrome. So long as people are alive, there will be medical problems, and the need for more and better medical research. - crazyjake, on 07/30/2008, -1/+2is it guarded by a killer bunny?
- booshack, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1Most promising "potential miracle breakthrough" in a looong while. This sounds good.
- Kyrgizion, on 07/30/2008, -2/+3Not closed down, bought out. You know, the Microsoft strategy.
"If you can't beat them, buy them and lock their patents in the vault". - razorc03, on 07/30/2008, -1/+2If a cure for cancer was found, how would that impact the careers of the researcher(s)?
Would it be more profitable that a cure never be found for the sake of all those employed through research? - protogenxl, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1Well, I'll ask him, but I don't think he will be very keen. Uh, he's already got one, you see.
- joot2112, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1Did anyone else notice that they built it up as a way to detect cancer early on, but the published demonstration was advanced cancer patients vs. healthy controls? And the results were overlapping? Interesting, but overhyped.
- wiggles, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1FFXI: You might want to read the parent post before commenting on mine.
- Metasquares, on 07/30/2008, -0/+1The "specificity: 60%" I caught a glimpse of in the video means there will be a lot of false positives... probably because they're calibrating it to achieve 100% sensitivity.
- inactive, on 07/30/2008, -1/+1Dugg for the Owl on their website.
- garyj4, on 07/30/2008, -2/+2Lynx55, i agree with you. :) Was diagnosed in May 08, now it comes out!
- plnegative1, on 07/30/2008, -1/+1 the title of this article is sensationalist. it merely shows that detecting cancer through a blood test is "possible". their research was also on people that had full blown cancer. we don't know if this kind of test would even be possible for those developing it. there is not a connection between micro rna and cancer cells... at least it is not mentioned... so the value of this discovery is questionable
- FFXIfrohike, on 07/30/2008, -1/+1Might want to actually read the article. It says nothing about a cure. Unless you're just being tangential...
- uselessexpert, on 07/30/2008, -2/+2It's funny how some of the most beneficial and helpful science findings always happen by accident.
Great find! - GrantTheGr8, on 07/30/2008, -1/+1What the hell?! Why are these scientists wasting their time on this ***** when they could be working on a cure for cancer? Oh wait...
- chkdg8, on 07/30/2008, -2/+1I really hope that this method is taken seriously and not just shelved by big pharma.
- lamiaconfitor, on 07/30/2008, -2/+1"We already have one!"
- taketheleap, on 07/30/2008, -2/+1Not sure if i buy the hype yet... this isn't the first time I have heard of a "discovery that will cure cancer!"
- Frozo, on 07/30/2008, -5/+4Shocking... Another cancer miracle that MAY OR MAY NOT prove to be something of value in the FUTURE! Just once I'd love to hear, hey, we made this amazing discovery that WILL help cancer victims and be put into practice NOW.
- lamiaconfitor, on 07/30/2008, -2/+1That happens to be the way it works, people aren't looking for answers in science, they are looking for questions. Results are the side effect.
- funkymoose, on 07/30/2008, -2/+1It sounds like you'd have to do a whole bunch of tests to check for each cancer.
- tycho, on 07/30/2008, -3/+1this technique just detects cancer, it doesn't cure it. also, i'm curious how this sort of test would be any more beneficial than current blood tests which tend to show elevated white blood cell counts in patients with cancer. both tests, the micro-RNA and white blood cell count, indicate that cancer is likely present. still, awesome research and i hope it is successful as another tool in our arsenal against cancer.
- Accolade1, on 07/30/2008, -4/+2Other than the fact that the video portrayed RNA as double-stranded (it's usually single-stranded), I enjoyed the video and will consider working for cancer research post-graduation. Just have to complete that Biology B.S. degree..
- Humzaseo, on 07/30/2008, -3/+0excellent this really miracle leave the treatment and try this for the cure of any disease and people suffering from hair loss may find new treatment for the hair loss except listed in http://hairlosscounter.com/ If it diagnose cancer then it is easy to treat baldness.
- Kyrgizion, on 07/30/2008, -6/+1Something akin to putting your balls in a Schrödinger box and praying to the quantum level of nature that you are allowed to keep procreating?
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