Gene trial cures 2 of cancer

[Tivon]

WASHINGTON - Government scientists turned regular blood cells into tumor attackers that wiped out all signs of cancer in two men with advanced melanoma. The striking finding, unveiled Thursday, marks an important step in the quest for gene therapy for cancer. ~<A HREF="http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0901cancer01.html">azcentral.com</A>

[Tivon]

Nice to see that people don't care about cancer...lol

[Bodhisattva]

Amazing!! Finally..I hope this becomes a commonly used method as it has been spoken about for ages. The only reason cancer succeeds is how it goes undetected by white blood cells in the body. It would not suprise me that they have had the cure for ages but if they announce it, there goes the billions of $'s of funding including grants, donations, etc. Pharmaceutical companies are a huge profit business. They announce a cure, they lose the $$ and in come generic companies to make the cure for $1000's less.

[Saturn2888]

Yeah I know. I live in Kansas, and if I ever get cancer, I'm moving bc this is SO not gonna bode well here... Stupid people.

[tanman_sg]

There are a few things that are known to work, but are unknown themselves.

I'm on one of these treatments, but the main problem with new and wonderful supplements is the cost.

[Kindom934]

There are a few things that are known to work, but are unknown themselves.

I'm on one of these treatments, but the main problem with new and wonderful supplements is the cost.

Yep.

Thing is that in the end, it's the money that people have that is keeping them alive.

[nighthawk15]

Yep.

Thing is that in the end, it's the money that people have that is keeping them alive.


Very true, but Like anything else the price should go down over time.

[Saturn2888]

It BETTER! I hate it that people die because of money...

[Tivon]

I know people think money goes above finding true cures. But there are enough people in this world that have money and want a cure. So in truth I don't think it's about money. The true problem are the walls we have setup when testing on people. Gene therapy has been around, but they are still mapping out the Genes and trying to figure out what things do to the body. Then you must also look at other Gene pools because there are so many types of humans on this planet. So one gene therapy might work for 20%, another 20% nothing and another 60% die. So this will take time to get a gene therapy that works for 90% of the people on this planet. Money will play a factor once they figure it out and get things working, but that is just old NEED + GREED = You Live!

[Saturn2888]

Well also, the only good thing is that there are organizations for this such as the cancer society. But I don't know how benefits. I've never heard of someone being saved by such an organization.