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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:18 PM Original message |
Scientists discovery antibody that kills prostate cancer |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. off to the Greatest Page |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 03:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wow! |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wow. That's promising. Nice news! |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Those socialist, government funded scientists are at it again. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 02:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Actually, U. of Pennsylvania is a private university. |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. but that research is funded by the government |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
43. and, being private ... |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. It's not quite that simple.... |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #50 |
79. Look at it this way, guys... |
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donquijoterocket (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
84. or a private one either |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
87. It Depends On Their Contract |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. Government retains all rights if it's a contract.... |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Yes, That's How It Generally Works At NIH |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
91. Thanks for setting me straight on that. Interesting. We shall see. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. Incredible breakthrough |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
44. somewhat off topic, but I find it interesting to see a comment on a prostate discussion |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #44 |
78. Somebody grab the hook! |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. So how long will they sit on this one and how unaffordable will it be? |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Biopharmas are doing tons of research in this area |
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AzNick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. It will be swept under the carpet by the drug industry nt |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. As you so uninformed that you think pharmaceutical companies only make drugs? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
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momto3 (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
49. You do realize that without biopharma most cancer drugs would not exist? |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #49 |
60. Yep. |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
68. It is true |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #68 |
83. Is your name Tor? What are your feelings on hot water? |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. Cancer has been (capital c) Cured in mice ad infinitum. It's routine. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. +1 nt |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Actually Interferon has all sorts of wonderful uses |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #33 |
56. My brother's Hep C viral count has been ZERO for a few months now. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Its potent stuff. |
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momto3 (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
41. Very true. |
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d_r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
53. Yes but |
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Djarun (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. I thought it was all about the treatment not the cure. |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is wonderful news. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
58. They already have this kind of research on going! |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #58 |
100. Nothing is always. But it often is and gives some competition and choice |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R in memory of my favorite uncle |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. so could somebody stop the drug companies from keeping this from being released once it gets to |
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JenniferJuniper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Yup. Can't have an actual cure. Gets in the way of treatment. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
72. and how do you feel about the oil industry. Do you know how dishonest even drug trials have |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Uh I work with the FDA on a daily basis |
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JenniferJuniper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Ah, yes. One must butter one's bread! |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #75 |
101. Gee, you are missing a lot. How about.. uh... Aspartame! (among thousands) |
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momto3 (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #16 |
42. In truth, there probably will be no cure for cancer. |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
93. There are many hushed- up cures for cancer. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. Facts help with conspiracy theories. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #97 |
102. If you read the news, it gets cured all the time - in reputable labs. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
80. How about you can the ignorance? |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. K & R...good news :) |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
17. I await actual clinical trials in humans before partying |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Even if it's successful, they'll figure out a way to price the treatment out of reach of |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Actually if proven successfull |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
99. It'll be affordable, alright. |
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namvet73 (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
19. Good news. Go to... |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
40. There is also less regulation of the medical industry |
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momto3 (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. +1 |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
20. Good news. |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
21. Those mice get the best treatment. Why don't they ever use it on people? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
22. Good for the University of Pennsylvania. |
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Tanelorn (162 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
23. I wonder |
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momto3 (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
48. Yes, usually 5-10 years. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:04 AM Response to Original message |
26. Great News! Seems to me that since GW waved goodbye |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
28. A big rec. |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
29. must be nice to be a mouse! |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:09 AM Response to Reply #29 |
47. yeah, but think about it ... |
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Tripmann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
31. Outstanding! |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
34. And, maybe, antibodies exist which attack other cancers! |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Yes, or can be designed that way |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
71. As a cancer survivor myself, I thank you for your research. |
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momto3 (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. There is a tremendous amount of research in this field. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #46 |
69. One of these types is in Phase 2 testing on Melanoma with great results. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. I've heard there are some good results with melanoma tumors |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
39. Off to the greatest page with this news. nt |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
51. Hope it works in human trials. |
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onlyadream (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
52. Does that mean that prostate cancer is a virus??? nt |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #52 |
59. No. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
54. Great news! |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
55. As someone with a history of this in my family... I am hopeful. nt. |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
57. Misspelled ? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
62. Does anyone else remember the Canadian research that determined that a cheap, common drug.. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Uh yeah. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. The research was done at the University of Alberta.. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. I still don't like what I read at that site |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Strange response.. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #76 |
81. If you read my response |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. I wish my friend who died of brain cancer had known about it and tried it. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-31-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #81 |
103. Well, to be fair... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. It's easy to talk shit about a miracle drug. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. I think a cancer cure would be the pharamaceutical industry's worst nightmare. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #85 |
94. I totally agree with you-the pharma giants do NOT want to cure cancer. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #85 |
98. Explain WHY, without invoking tin foil hats. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
63. Wow. Sure hope this is available to all soon. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Its gotta go through clinical trials first |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
67. Yeah but are they D or R? We need to know whether to rip them apart or not. n/t |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
70. BUT CIENSE IZ TEH ANTEKRIS!!11!11!!!! |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
90. Good news for the elites who will benefit from it. Labor will continue to be |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
92. But hey, science is just another belief system, right? |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. After my wife had a mastectomy |
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bergie321 (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
95. Does it involve |
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