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Sperm may hold key to cancer, chimp study suggests
Reuters ^
| 5-19-05
| Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent
Posted on 05/19/2005 1:09:53 PM PDT by Pharmboy
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To: mlc9852
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posted on
05/19/2005 1:50:30 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
('I'm a Red Stater, trapped in the body of a Blue State')
To: Pharmboy
A comparison of chimpanzee genes to human genes shows a concentration of genes
unique to people in areas associated with sperm production and cancer California?
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posted on
05/19/2005 1:53:12 PM PDT
by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: Pharmboy
The evolutionary path that separated humans from chimps 5 million years ago may have made human sperm survive better but paradoxically may have made humans prone to cancer.So, creationism isn't an option anymore?
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posted on
05/19/2005 1:53:20 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
To: lepton
A comparison of chimpanzee genes to human genes shows a concentration of genes unique to people in areas associated with sperm production and cancer
California?roflMAO
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posted on
05/19/2005 1:56:09 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(blast and char it among fetid buzzard guts!)
To: King Prout
roflMAO ROTF may be a cleaner reaction, however I'm cleaning my screen off presently. ; )
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posted on
05/19/2005 1:58:12 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
To: Pharmboy
That's what I love about biology: its always got surprises for us.And for biologists. Those people have no idea what they're doing.
I think that there ought to be a study into whether sperm is a cure for breast cancer.
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posted on
05/19/2005 1:59:17 PM PDT
by
AmishDude
(Join the AD fan club: "ROFL!" -- Dan from Michigan; "Very well stated, AD." -- Diana in Wisconsin)
To: montag813
They're right...we are better off being Chimps. My poor spelling has lead me to convince many that they are "Chumps" instead of "Chimps".
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posted on
05/19/2005 2:00:56 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
To: EGPWS
Nope - it has been proved totally that we are descended from apes. (sarcasm)
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posted on
05/19/2005 2:01:26 PM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: EGPWS
tsk!
"...laughing My Abdomen Open"
hrmn.
in retrospect, that isn't very clean at all.
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posted on
05/19/2005 2:02:38 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(blast and char it among fetid buzzard guts!)
To: lepton
A comparison of chimpanzee genes to human genes shows a concentration of genes unique to people in areas associated with sperm production and cancerCalifornia?
Best post of the day!
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posted on
05/19/2005 2:04:02 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: Hank Rearden
I was just about to ask the question: Assuming for the sake of argument that this is all true, who would want to...err...extract chimp DNA to find a cancer cure? And right on cue...
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posted on
05/19/2005 2:05:27 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(Michael Jackson: proof that in the long run, you get the face you deserve.)
To: AmishDude
I thought they were already conducting field trials in the adult video industry.
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posted on
05/19/2005 2:07:22 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(...oops, did I say that out loud?)
To: Pharmboy
Cancer is like rust; live long enough and it develops.
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posted on
05/19/2005 2:07:27 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(As darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of good; innocence is blind.)
To: AmishDude
Those people have no idea what they're doing. Damn, all I have to do is have a stroke, become incapacitated and then I can become a rich person whose only concern is intelligent, self minded people saying that I have no idea?
Perhaps illness is more financially lucrative than an education at a high toting university.
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posted on
05/19/2005 2:09:40 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
To: Pharmboy
If this hypothesis is true, wouldn't you expect that males would be much more prone to malignancies than females? I checked my old pathology text. Male sex doesn't seem to be a risk factor for cancer.
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posted on
05/19/2005 2:10:54 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: Pharmboy
"Sperm may hold key to cancer, chimp study suggests"
I was afraid that Chimps were now writing research proposals, setting up laboratories and establishing a lobby effort in Washington.
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posted on
05/19/2005 2:13:02 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
To: Old Professer
live long enough and it develops. All in all, for many, cancer can be a good thing.
Living long can't be a bad thing can it?
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posted on
05/19/2005 2:14:20 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
To: mlc9852
it has been proved totally that we are descended from apes. (sarcasm) Dependent upon who one puts their trust.
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posted on
05/19/2005 2:17:48 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
To: EGPWS
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posted on
05/19/2005 2:18:45 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
To: Pharmboy
Yep - the evolutionists now trying to prove that - indeed a monkey IS their uncle....
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posted on
05/19/2005 2:21:14 PM PDT
by
TheBattman
(Islam (and liberals)- the cult of Satan)
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