Cure for cancer.

[Iccy (temp)]

I thought this was pretty neat. Possibly the start of the end of one of the most feared and damaged conditions that currently plague us.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4734507.stm

[Psyche911]

That's interesting.
I assume they'd still go in surgically to remove tumors large enough, then use this to finish off the remaining cancer cells?

Looks promising. I wonder how much longer until the procedure will be done on humans...

[bork[e]]

"But their work so far has focused on cells that have been grown in culture in the laboratory.

"Further research will be crucial to see whether these effects can be reproduced in the more complex environment of a tumour and, ultimately, the human body."

The best of luck to them!

I don't think these people will have money problems if they figure this one out. :icon26:

[Transient]

I also saw a thing on the Discovery channel about some aquatic organism that fights cancer. I think it was coral reef or something. Some sort of plant?

[Iccy (temp)]

Yea, you gotta admit, its kinda cool to see science catching up. I mean with aids and cancer you look at the human race and go .. yell, nice knowing you all ...

Stuff like this is nice, cause its like .... maybe there is hope, i mean the comet never came ... yet. Lol

[werldhed]

Damnit, I hate when my good ideas are too late. When I read this:

The next step was to find a way to introduce the nantubules into cancer cells, but not healthy cells.

I thought, "attach an easily-absorbed molecule to the tubules, then attach it all to antibodies. That should work." Of course then I read a few lines more and saw:

The researchers believe it should be possible to refine the technique still further, for instance by attaching an antibody to a nanotubule to target a particular kind of cancer cell.

:icon33: Preempted again! Curses!
Anyway, it's really interesting to see new approaches to cancer treatment evolve, especially ones that circumvent chemotherapy. At the very least, even if this technique doesn't work, it will give others a new direction to take the research. Sounds promising.

[werldhed]

For anyone who might know anything about nanotubules -- because I don't -- perhaps you can explain something. If the cancer cells die, will the tubes remain in the body, possibly resulting in damage to the blood stream? Or, if the dead cells are engulfed by lymphocytes, won't the tubules then be taken up in the healthy cells as well, potentially causing problems?

[zeeko]

transient- i think i heard somewhere that nobody has ever found cancer in sharks

[+JuggerNaut+]

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don't you do something along these lines for a living?

[Mogul]

You guys are all noobs. Don't you know that Kevin Trudeau has known what the cure of cancer is for like... MONTHS now?!






:lol:

[Geebs]

transient- i think i heard somewhere that nobody has ever found cancer in sharks

lies

[sliver]

transient- i think i heard somewhere that nobody has ever found cancer in sharks

that's alzheimers. (seriously.)

[Grudge]

omagah deep blue sea

[SplishSplash]

Somebody just tell me when I can start smoking again.

[Eraser]

and this is how we turn into the Borg

[werldhed]

don't you do something along these lines for a living?

Sort of, in that I do cancer research. But I just do chemotherapy stuff and this is a different approach to cancer and one I know nothing about. Nevertheless, part of my job is to postulate unforseen problems in new treatments and try to address them, which is why I can't help but think about possible hazards of new treatments, such as in my second post. I can't help it, it's just what I do.

[Dave]

and this is how we turn into the Borg

at least you won't die of cancer

[+JuggerNaut+]

You guys are all noobs. Don't you know that Kevin Trudeau has known what the cure of cancer is for like... MONTHS now?!






:lol:

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don't you do something along these lines for a living?

Sort of, in that I do cancer research. But I just do chemotherapy stuff and this is a different approach to cancer and one I know nothing about. Nevertheless, part of my job is to postulate unforseen problems in new treatments and try to address them, which is why I can't help but think about possible hazards of new treatments, such as in my second post. I can't help it, it's just what I do.

respect

[Massive Quasars]

and this is how we turn into the Borg

at least you won't die of cancer

Unreasonable biotech doomsayers, gotta love'em.

[MKJ]

the phrase "near-infra red light can cause nanotubes to produce heat that can kill cancer cells" must be used in that article about 1700 times.