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Cancer’s Secrets Come Into Sharper Focus
NY Times ^
| August 15, 2011
| GEORGE JOHNSON
Posted on 08/15/2011 8:35:22 PM PDT by neverdem
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posted on
08/15/2011 8:35:33 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
Perhaps we should remind ourselves of how many billions go into “shrimp on treadmills,” climate change, innumerable “art-f*rt” waste-ola, etc., when we might better direct our funding to folks with a real education and real accomplishments who actually have a non-zero chance of improving the human condition.
More bucks to cancer research would be nice.
And spend a few extra bucks to shoot those arts idiots who insist on covering bridges, etc with sheets and other examples of their non talent.
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posted on
08/15/2011 8:41:09 PM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: Da Coyote
Amen! It burns me to no end that a disease that is not in the top 10 killers in this country receives most of the research dollars(AIDS) while 2 diseases that ARE in the top 10 killers, cancer and diabetes, receive a fraction of those dollars
To: neverdem
Most DNA, for example, was long considered junk a netherworld of detritus that had no important role in cancer or anything else. Only about 2 percent of the human genome carries the code for making enzymes and other proteins, the cogs and scaffolding of the machinery that a cancer cell turns to its own devices. These days junk DNA is referred to more respectfully as noncoding DNA, and researchers are finding clues that pseudogenes lurking within this dark region may play a role in cancer.
Sounds a little like a certain type of hacking attack.
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posted on
08/15/2011 8:50:19 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
To: Da Coyote
I just got an invitation for our organization to participate in ‘portraying homelessness in art.’ Haha. We do music, so unfortunately we won’t be able to participate. But if we could, we wouldn’t. Let’s see — Michelangelo vs ‘homelessness’ — which portrays real beauty??
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posted on
08/15/2011 8:51:08 PM PDT
by
bboop
(Stealth Tutor)
To: bboop
You may possibly have posted to the wrong thread.
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posted on
08/15/2011 8:52:49 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
To: metmom
Weve been obsessively focusing our attention on 2 percent of the genome, said Dr. Pier Paolo Pandolfi, a professor of medicine and pathology at Harvard Medical School. And why do suppose that is?
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posted on
08/15/2011 8:54:14 PM PDT
by
AndrewC
To: chris_bdba
Amen! It burns me to no end that a disease that is not in the top 10 killers in this country receives most of the research dollars(AIDS) while 2 diseases that ARE in the top 10 killers, cancer and diabetes, receive a fraction of those dollars Also one of the most preventable--just don't do IV drugs and keep your zipper up.
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posted on
08/15/2011 8:54:27 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
To: bboop
Oops. Sorry. I see the connection. My bad.
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posted on
08/15/2011 8:55:06 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
To: lightman
Well, in fairness, solving the many mysteries of AIDS will probably lead to breakthroughs in many other diseases, cancer included. AIDS is a disease of the immune system, and involves -- as I understand it -- information transfer within the immune system and from pathogens into the immune system.
It's a little bit like using the manned space program as a way to funnel lots of money into technologies that could be used by the military for satellite communications, re-entry vehicles, precision guidance, miniaturized electronics, etc.
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posted on
08/15/2011 8:59:19 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
To: AndrewC
And why do suppose that is? Because we know that the 2% encodes enzymes and proteins.
Same basic principle as why a drunk looks for his keys under the streetlight.
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posted on
08/15/2011 9:01:10 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 934. The mob is decisive when the law is not.)
To: Da Coyote
We've been trying to find a cure for cancer for decades now. Imagine how quickly one could be discovered if private individuals funded the research instead of never-ending gubmint money. Same with AIDS, although the main problem their is that it is preventable. There are those unfortunate souls in the medical profession that have been infected through needle sticks. Those are thankfully minimal.
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posted on
08/15/2011 9:08:10 PM PDT
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: null and void
Because we know that the 2% encodes enzymes and proteins.
Same basic principle as why a drunk looks for his keys under the streetlight. So scientists are like drunks? And obsessive ones at that.
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posted on
08/15/2011 9:10:29 PM PDT
by
AndrewC
To: neverdem
Kinda surprised to see this come out of the Times. It actually carries an air of objectivity.
To: Steely Tom
True enough...and let’s not overlook the debilitating auto-immune disorders.
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posted on
08/15/2011 9:14:44 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
To: AndrewC
*shrug* They’re both human...
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posted on
08/15/2011 9:16:16 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 934. The mob is decisive when the law is not.)
To: null and void
*shrug* Theyre both human...Yeah but drunks don't come begging to the government for money. ...
Oops, at least they didn't a while back.
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08/15/2011 9:22:43 PM PDT
by
AndrewC
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posted on
08/15/2011 9:24:35 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
To: lightman
...and lets not overlook the debilitating auto-immune disorders. Sure. Rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, Lupus, MS, diabetes, etc.
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posted on
08/15/2011 9:27:56 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
To: Fester Chugabrew
Kinda surprised to see this come out of the Times. It actually carries an air of objectivity.The Times has a very good science section as long as it doesn't involve politics. I try to check them at least once a week. I think this writer is new. I didn't recognize his name. This story is for their Science Tuesday section.
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posted on
08/15/2011 9:34:52 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
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