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eagles7977Aug 3, 2010
f**k you cancer were coming to get you.
7king7kingAug 4, 2010
Cancer doesn't understand your swearing..
Closed AccountAug 4, 2010
doesn't need to
chipzmasterAug 4, 2010
I don't understand your negativity.
sciguyajAug 3, 2010
That's really great, but I see headlines like this all the time! I'll celebrate when they actually staring lining people up and curing them! Still it's nice to know we have yet another tool that could fight cancer, if those in power ever decide that human life is more valuable than expensive treatment (as in not a cure and more of a money maker) medications!
danielbroadbentAug 3, 2010
I might be too optimistic - but I think the next 10 years are going to be a renaissance in medicine. It seems the last 20 years have been big for communications / computers - and that has allowed the coming together of medical science around the world. Mapping the human genome, stem cell research, a much better understanding of genes / disease / viruses, etc., and what seems like a very sophisticated web of shared information between medical researchers worldwide.
I think medical treatment will take a substantial leap forward by 2020. At least it's looking that way.
sloiAug 4, 2010
Do yourself a favor, don't read "The Singularity is Near"... it'll just make you orgasm repeatedly. On second thought, read!
mcnerdAug 4, 2010
You should be aware that even once fully developed, new treatments can take a decade or more to go through rigorous testing. Most of all for really radical stuff like this.
rburrowsAug 4, 2010
Exactly, it always seems like there are huge advancements in medicine being announced, but medicine/biology is much more complicated than electronics. It took 20 years to transform communications, but I predict it will take much longer to conduct all the long-term, large-sample studies, develop new processes, discover new materials, and overturn long-held mistaken conclusions.
Medical studies always take forever and are often contradicted by other reputable medical studies. This stuff is just complicated.
blowed247Aug 4, 2010
And still people deny the positive ramifications of globalization.
cloudberriesAug 4, 2010
The Singularity is a load of arse-grapes, that's what it is. Anyone who believes in it probably ranks amongst the most incredibly optimistic people on the planet.
Electronics, communication and things like that are like primary school maths compared to the human body. Medicine unfortunately won't take leaps and bounds, but we seem to be always taking little steps. At least things are moving in the right direction.
BigMamaBlaze67Nov 17, 2010
yes, I hear you, sincerely. I have cancer. So sometimes optimism is all I have to cling to. No offense but hope has kept me going for 5 years now.
atmosphereeeAug 4, 2010
Yeah but lets not be too excited. Lest we forget that medicine is a highly profitable business. Therefore, like oil, it pays better when its a steady stream. I think Medical companies will make tremendous life changing findings in the next ten years. But how many they release to the public is up to them.
BigMamaBlaze67Nov 17, 2010
Ralistic, for sure. But hope is what I have. I have a beautiful eight year old daughter to llive for. So optimism works for me. No offense, seriously, sincerely. It is the bubble that has given me strenth for 5 years to keep trudging along being the best mom I can be. Sometimes I get too sick to clean the house and that is embarrrassing for me as I do have house pride. And I do know that it is embarrassing for my family.
danielbroadbentAug 5, 2010
I'm not saying that all of sudden we'll be immortal in 10 years lol. I'm saying even compared to 10 years ago, current cancer treatment is substantially better, HIV isn't a death sentence anymore, etc. But there have been recent advances in specific areas of medicine (genes / stem cell) that are undeniably massive advances in understanding & treating disease. This will only get better - and with other technology advancing along side it, that rate of progress will continue to increase.
Some of you are talking like medical advances continues to trod along at the same pace as it did in the 1800's. ;-)
fwaokdaAug 4, 2010
I just got goosebumps thinking about long lines of happy people outside hospitals getting cured for all types of cancer.
once908Aug 3, 2010
Muscle Milk?
factorof13Aug 3, 2010
Of all the websites that continually get pushed to the front page by power users, I think physorg is my favorite. I always enjoy reading their articles.
Closed AccountAug 4, 2010
I wouldnt call 6 submissions a power user...
factorof13Aug 4, 2010
I see. I guess the accusation was unfounded. I just assume when I see the same site constantly that it's the power users.
Anyway, physorg is still a fantastic website.
kettekAug 4, 2010
Because of all the websites pushed by power users, physorg is one of the few that isn't reposted blogspam.
ngiffAug 4, 2010
Every time I see it, I think its some physical organic chemistry journal... then I remember that Digg != SciFinder Scholar.
copypastryAug 4, 2010
GBM is unbelievably invasive and fast to progress. For sufferers, prognosis is terrible and quality of life poor. Hopefully they can expedite the clinical application of this treatment (for once).
co7926Aug 4, 2010
I had a graduate professor come into the Biochem class to talk about the work that he does. He was synthesizing anti-bodies using mouse proteins that could reverse the plaque and effectively "cure" Huntington's disease and Alzheimer's (as he explained to us with data from before and after the addition of the protein). However, this was only in a cell culture. The human Biochemistry is a huge obstacle; it's why most "cures" never come to fruition, they must be green-lighted for clinical trials and then pass them.
afireinside13tAug 4, 2010
Not to mention the huge amount of time and money it takes to go all the way through Stage III of clinical trials.
mcnerdAug 4, 2010
And not to mention side effects.
dreamacheAug 4, 2010
See, yet another reason to be a musclehead.
memphisleakAug 4, 2010
Will be sold at designer prices. Church.
garofoliAug 4, 2010
Digg cures cancer... yet again!!
firecellAug 4, 2010
My friend has brain cancer so I found this very interesting.
skibadoweebopAug 4, 2010
I also have a friend with brain cancer. It's a terrible disease.
chang3Aug 4, 2010
Where's my goddamn protein mom?! Get me some protein! f**k!
jabbrwockeyAug 4, 2010
Thanks physorg, for another worthless article that talks all about the research without actually talking about research. How does this protein target only GBM cancer cells and not the rest of the body? What clinical trials have shown positive results so far? How do you keep the subjects immune system from reacting to a new "designer" protein found in the blood stream?
imwithjesusAug 4, 2010
Here's the abstract of their paper:
http://gan.sagepub.com/content/1/5/421.abstract
If you're lucky enough to have a subscription, you can get the full article for free.
But yeah, they didn't test the stuff you asked about, so there isn't anything for physorg to report.
imwithjesusAug 4, 2010
lol, i shouldn't post something when i've only read the first 2 paragraphs of the intro...
Their designer protein with the E13K mutation only binds to IL-13 alpha 2 receptors, which is one of three biomarkers for GBM cells. It does not find to other types of IL-13 receptors.
Closed AccountAug 4, 2010
Wait, Baptist?
djnaagAug 4, 2010
In other news..."Cell phone providers offering free protein shakes on two-year contracts"
thelittlevoiceAug 4, 2010
Last received transmission...
...The brain eating viruses mutated and that is how the Zombie Pandemic started. I think I hear something. I'll get back to you.
SSgt. Norman F. Uptman
7/7/2011
furio3dAug 4, 2010
Not now chief, I'm in the f**kin zone
rejuvemedspaAug 5, 2010
The use of a designer protein to deliver therapies have to go through extensive safety and animal research before it can transform to human patients.