EPTGirl Invents Nanoparticle that Kills Cancer - Page 8
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SilverSkyLark
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Jestalt
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Integra
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Mjolnir
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Where would she get the resources and equipment to do this? I could be a noob but wouldn't she need some seriously heavy-duty lab equipment to do the experimentation required to "invent" this "nanoparticle"? | ||
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dAPhREAk
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On January 24 2012 15:37 Eljee wrote: Not to take anything away from the girl's accomplishments, but it really irritates me when people say "the cure for cancer." Cancer is a bunch of different disorders with different manifestations. It's like saying "the cure for virus" or "the cure for sick." well, its a good thing she didnt say "the cure for cancer" then. | ||
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RifleCow
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emythrel
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And yet erectile dysfunction never killed anyone and there is more money in giving a white guy a boner than curing a black guy of AIDS. Many cancers are chronic these days, AIDS on the other hand is ravaging an entire generation of African people. Its not about what kills more people, its about what colour their skin is and where they live. Many cancer patients only have themselves to blame for contracting their disease through smoking, drinking etc. Simple fact is that while more people die of cancer than AIDS, the people primarily affected by the latter live in countries where there is little research infrastructure and no money. If millions of Europeans were dying from AIDS, we would have had a solution yesterday. for note... I'm white, I live in the UK and will probably get cancer as i'm a smoker, if I get cancer I would have no problem with being put to the back of the line for treatment if its on the NHS, as I did it to myself. Most people with AIDS can't say the same. | ||
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Zzoram
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SafeAsCheese
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On January 24 2012 15:57 Mjolnir wrote: Where would she get the resources and equipment to do this? I could be a noob but wouldn't she need some seriously heavy-duty lab equipment to do the experimentation required to "invent" this "nanoparticle"? It's called being born into a family of doctors and high income upper class. It tends to produce children who are better off in life. | ||
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Cuddle
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SOB_Maj_Brian
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On January 24 2012 15:58 dAPhREAk wrote: well, its a good thing she didnt say "the cure for cancer" then. I agree with that statement, but what she is doing with nanoparticles works on many different types of cancers, rather than say just colon cancer or just lung cancer, because it is using better imaging to find and then eradicate cancer tumors. Also, I would use the term invented loosely here, being the a-whole that I am, I want to see an issued patent and what kind of claims she gets. I work with university patenting and have come across quite a few of these 'inventions' and have even made the decision to file on a few myself. Like any new field, people can advance the art in different ways and build upon the works of others. I would say that she has made an 'improvement' that may even warrant some general claims in a patent, but to say she found a 'cure' or to imply that she did it on solely on her own is a stretch. | ||
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NukeTV
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cz
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Slaughter
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On January 24 2012 16:05 emythrel wrote: And yet erectile dysfunction never killed anyone and there is more money in giving a white guy a boner than curing a black guy of AIDS. Many cancers are chronic these days, AIDS on the other hand is ravaging an entire generation of African people. Its not about what kills more people, its about what colour their skin is and where they live. Many cancer patients only have themselves to blame for contracting their disease through smoking, drinking etc. Simple fact is that while more people die of cancer than AIDS, the people primarily affected by the latter live in countries where there is little research infrastructure and no money. If millions of Europeans were dying from AIDS, we would have had a solution yesterday. for note... I'm white, I live in the UK and will probably get cancer as i'm a smoker, if I get cancer I would have no problem with being put to the back of the line for treatment if its on the NHS, as I did it to myself. Most people with AIDS can't say the same. Um just stop posting if this is the kind of ignorance that your going to post. | ||
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Raambo11
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askTeivospy
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On January 24 2012 16:05 emythrel wrote: And yet erectile dysfunction never killed anyone and there is more money in giving a white guy a boner than curing a black guy of AIDS. Many cancers are chronic these days, AIDS on the other hand is ravaging an entire generation of African people. Its not about what kills more people, its about what colour their skin is and where they live. Many cancer patients only have themselves to blame for contracting their disease through smoking, drinking etc. Simple fact is that while more people die of cancer than AIDS, the people primarily affected by the latter live in countries where there is little research infrastructure and no money. If millions of Europeans were dying from AIDS, we would have had a solution yesterday. for note... I'm white, I live in the UK and will probably get cancer as i'm a smoker, if I get cancer I would have no problem with being put to the back of the line for treatment if its on the NHS, as I did it to myself. Most people with AIDS can't say the same. The only colour that matters when it comes to developing drugs is green, ie money. Race has nothing to do with it... theres way more money in viagra than something that can develop viral resistance to a drug and thus limiting that drugs effectiveness in a few generations when that drug took billions / years to develop Why do people throw the race card around so much? It makes light of actual racism and ironically its highly ignorant | ||
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Veldril
Thailand1817 Posts
But the News is really quite sensationalist. The research in nano-vehicle for drugs is not new at all. I know a group of chemists at my university who works on this field for like 5-6 years already. If you want to know more, just google Professor Karen Wooley. On December 15 2011 20:33 Grettin wrote: If this is as big as the article makes it sound, i have no doubt she will get a decent job offer because of this. She seem to deserve it! I think I kinda saw her future. She will definitely be in... the grad school  | ||
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Saimage
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.Mystic
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Cool Cat
United States1644 Posts
I'm sure this is the umpteenth time that this has been mentioned, but she did not actually cure cancer. I doubt this post will make a difference though, since it seems most posters don't read any portion of the thread other than the OP before posting. | ||
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