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This is how science is done. The idea might be right, and it might be wrong. They will research it, and they will see if something good can come from this. Science is a wonderful thing.

I'm not a scientist, but I'm underwhelmed.

It would be great if we could throw away scattergun treatments like chemo and radiation that cause so much collateral damage, and use methods that precisely target and kill only cancer cells. Truly a magic bullet if they can make it work.

Problem is they don't say how they get their microscopic assassins to recognize cancerous (and only cancerous) cells. I guess that remains to be discovered.

Hate to sound cynical, but if I were a researcher trolling for cash, I might claim I was on the verge of a "cure for cancer".

Once again, I'm not a scientist or a doctor, but I'd need some more information before I got out my checkbook.

I don't disagree. I'm just saying that some scientific advancements sound goofy and counter-intuitive -- until they are accepted and become conventional wisdom.

Maddows insulting interview of Robinson was an example of fear-mongering for any scientific announcement that might be misunderstood or perhaps someday disproven. So what? I want scientists to have crazy ideas, and I worry that "thinking outside the box" may someday be discouraged.