[CarrotAndStick]

For all the madness we hear of around the world, there is order in some of the corners.

Just some optimism for everybody.

[My Favorite Headache]

Well this is heartening...I hope it works for millions.

[golfboy]

And I'll bet John Kerry is already trying to figure out how to claim credit.

[dubyain04jebin08and12]

I thought this was going to be some lib propaganda piece on stem cells when I saw the headline. What great news! And I am SHOCKED, SHOCKED to learn that some illnesses can be cured without killing children. Who woulda thunk it?!

[Protagoras]

If this is true

The beams reach the target area but unlike chemotherapy and radiotherapy, do not affect the normal cells," said Wing Commander V G Vasishta, principal investigator and head of radio diagnosis at IAM.

Then why is this so?

All this comes with a caution. "A patient needs to be terminal case, ie he/she should have exhausted all other forms of treatment like radiotherapy, chemotherapy, medication. Also the tumour has to be localised. A patient with multiple tumours cannot take this treatment," said Vasishta.

Just wondering.

[tsomer]

Here's some more info:
http://www.chennaionline.com/health/research/07aerospace.asp

Junk Science? "New Age" Scam?

My uncle is pretty ill, and I'm trying to get in touch with these people.

[Old Professer]

If I remember correctly, Oppenheimer placed a small, radioactive cell directly on his mother's crotch in the hope of "curing" her cancer.

[diamond6]

bump

[Bellflower]

iDeveloped jointly by two Bangalore-based institutions – Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM) and Centre for Advanced Research Development (CARD)...

How do we get stock?

[Bellflower]

The normal cell membrane potential is -70, which increases to -20 in case of tumour cells. During the treatment, the potential is brought down to -90 thus programming the cell to commit suicide.

Can someone explain this better?