Posted on 01/28/2019 2:31:59 PM PST by Red Badger
I wouldn't go that far (yet). They're able to force the cancer into remission, it seems. They don't have data on recurrence, at least not in humans.
For example, they may be able to "cure" lung cancer, but someone who goes back to smoking a pack of cigarettes a day would be back years later for more treatment. Effective, maybe, but it's like a headache: you pop some anti-inflammatory OTCs like Advil, headache goes away. Headache can come back, but you're good until the next one.
That's my take on this. Lost my old man to cancer back in October. I pray to see the end of it in my lifetime.
I lost both my parents to cancer...I know how you feel. I’m okay with designating cancer to the class of “headaches.”
My guess is that it will be very expensive. Insurance companies won’t pay for it.
So so sorry Steve. I’ve been fighting it about 10 months and no fun. My heart to you.
Thank you and hang in there, bud.
What is the context of that gif?
I hope so, too. The word “cure” just makes it sound too good to be true. If this cure is available a year from now in Israel, I hope it doesn’t take another 10 years to be approved in the U.S.
“How is this different than the action of rituxin, which is a monoclonal antibody which binds to the surface proteins of my lymphocytes and cause them to self-destruct?”
Very similar. Rituxan binds to one specific surface protein. That surface molecule is Rituxan’s target.
This group is suggesting using a certain technology to identify at least three targets for any given cancer and three therapeutic molecules to bind to each one. This is essentially three drugs to kill the cells using three different targets.
The idea is if one drug fails to fully kill all the cancer cells (not all cells may respond - in your case Rituxan may not affect every cancer cell) there are two others and there won’t be any cells that can escape all three.
The breakthrough, if successful, would be the ability to dynamically identify three targets for any given cancer and simultaneously produce molecules that can act as a drug against each target.
Thank you. That makes sense and I am rejoicing over this break through.
“In a way, cancer is part of aging. If you cure cancer will it also stop aging?”
Cancer is a byproduct of aging, not the cause of it.
They can always become research centers for prolonging life.....................Adding years to human suffering........................
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