EPTGirl Invents Nanoparticle that Kills Cancer - Page 10
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Areaz
Denmark27 Posts
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Witten
United States2094 Posts
On January 25 2012 07:31 Zinroc wrote: So while we are on the subject of privileged teenagers abusing mommy/daddies connections/money/resources to make themselves feel special... You managed to take a story about someone advancing cancer research, if even by a little bit, and turn it into a reason to hate. What is wrong with you? | ||
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goal 888
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HowitZer
United States1610 Posts
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Zamee
England51 Posts
On January 25 2012 08:10 HowitZer wrote: I'll take a healthy toxin free lifestyle over getting shot with a laser. Out of control cancer is impossible in a healthy body. So you honestly think healthy people dont get cancer? You think Lance Armstrong was unhealthy? Theres no way he could even take illegal substances due to his profession... | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
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ddrddrddrddr
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Vei
United States2845 Posts
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
On January 25 2012 08:12 Zamee wrote: So you honestly think healthy people dont get cancer? You think Lance Armstrong was unhealthy? Theres no way he could even take illegal substances due to his profession... Just google Olympic athletes cancer, and you'll get a bunch of results. I have a friend who was recently diagnosed with cancer. We ran track together in seventh grade (we're college-age now). Since then, I got pretty lazy-- if it weren't for my crazy Asian guy metabolism, I would be a fat wreck. But she still worked out and ate healthy. Then suddenly, she got sick. Was tired a lot, got thinner. Doctor said it was T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia. She's 19. It's a cancer for adults over 30. There are 4 men for every 3 women diagnosed. She's a girl. It makes up 2% of some subset of leukemias. She got it anyways. Cancer doesn't discriminate. | ||
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missefficiency
Germany105 Posts
On January 25 2012 08:10 HowitZer wrote: I'll take a healthy toxin free lifestyle over getting shot with a laser. Out of control cancer is impossible in a healthy body. Yes, it can. Mikrotumors practically grow all the time, but normally, you have special cells in your body that kill them. | ||
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dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
On January 25 2012 05:40 ticklishmusic wrote: Yes. It's also possible she has some sort of connection with the judges. For example, if you work in a lab, someone at the institution might be a judge, or know one of the judges. It's simple for them to be like "oh, I have this girl working in my lab. She's doing a project on X. You should give it a look." I had a friend who competed in ISEF (different science fair track), and her dad gave her a draft research proposal and told her to go crazy with it. In short, science fair judging can be pretty messed up. There are hundreds of research papers in hundreds of topics being published, written, editted every day. The judges can't read all of them either. To be fair though, most likely what she did was make some minor contribution to the field of knowledge-- like test out something that sounds complicated to layman, but in the field was a relatively simple experiment that hadn't been done or published about yet. My own project was of that sort (though I suppose the buzzword "cancer" is a lot cooler sounding than "cellulase" or "ethanol". That's what most "higher-level" science fair projects do. serious.... chip.... on.... your.... shoulder.... first, you call her a plagiarizer. now, you are saying she may have cheated.... | ||
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JinDesu
United States3990 Posts
On January 25 2012 08:10 HowitZer wrote: I'll take a healthy toxin free lifestyle over getting shot with a laser. Out of control cancer is impossible in a healthy body. It's nearly impossible to avoid any toxins while living in the current civilized world | ||
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Zren89
United States131 Posts
On December 15 2011 17:44 wishbones wrote: instead of 2 years military service, all of us should have mandatory 1000 hours spent trying to better the planet. I like this idea very much, but that being said, mandatory ANYTHING is sort of impinging on someones freedom. | ||
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Nazeron
Canada1046 Posts
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Vilonis
United States130 Posts
On January 25 2012 08:10 HowitZer wrote: I'll take a healthy toxin free lifestyle over getting shot with a laser. Out of control cancer is impossible in a healthy body. You should consider reading about different kinds of cancer, and their cause. Cancer happens when a cell's mechanics that control reproduction stop working, and it, and all its replications, grow out of control. Toxins (carcinogens) can make such mutations more likely, but avoiding all toxins would not guarantee you don't get cancer. By the way, many of the preservatives in fast food are carcinogens. Also, prostate cancer is common (almost guaranteed) in men, regardless of lifestyle. For most men however, it occurs so late that the patient would die of other causes before the cancer. | ||
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Zinroc
Canada73 Posts
On January 25 2012 07:55 Witten wrote: You managed to take a story about someone advancing cancer research, if even by a little bit, and turn it into a reason to hate. What is wrong with you? (quoting out of context FTW) I think it's quite obvious that my point was that this ISNT a story about advancing cancer research, but rather a story of "a young super gifted girl omg lets idol her" ... If stories about advancing cancer research were as popular as this minuscule contribution I'd be THRILLED because that would mean that society is actually taking an interest in research, both in the field of cancer and in general. The fact that it takes the sensationalization of a 17 year old kids' science project to raise public interest is something I am uncomfortable with and feel is worth discussing. P.S. gruff did provided an intelligent counter argument to my point so if you disagree with me (or anyone) please do them the courtesy of replying with a constructive counter point like he did rather than shallow personal attacks like "What is wrong with you?"... , but there I go with a futile attempt to improve the internet... | ||
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znow1
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Pwnographics
New Zealand1097 Posts
On January 25 2012 09:32 znow1 wrote: A cure for cancer was found last year, but due to not being able to take patent on it no company could make money from producing it and afaik it´s still not being used. Rofl, there is no cure for cancer. Cancer is a group of diseases like bacterial infections, each type of cancer needs to have specific treatment. The media is just ignorant and or is being sensational to sell stories to the stupid. | ||
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Unhallowed
Canada171 Posts
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Lebesgue
4542 Posts
On December 15 2011 18:15 s4life wrote: Impressive is relative word mr. skeptic. But sure, medical research is a collaborative effort, there is nothing wrong with that.. it is a lot of hard work still. I don't know her work but seriously, 1000 hours? That's nothing for a research. If you invest 1000 I'm not sure if you would be able even to read research at the frontier. Add an extra zero and it would sound more likely. There are thousands of researchers working on exactly this problem. How to deliver a medicine only to cancer cells without affecting healthy cells. A friend of mine who works as a researcher at Bayer's lab told me about it already years ago? And now I'm supposed to believe that she solved that problem on her own? I mean top pharmaceutical companies spent incredible amount money on the cancer research and there has been tremendous progress but they were not able to come up with drugs that prolong patient life more than, on average, a couple of months. | ||
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