[OBAFGKM]

Anybody remember the cold fusion breakthrough at Utah St or Univ of Utah back in the early 90s?

Not reproducible and later found to be fraudulant.

Commonly restated, this is simply not true. Pons and Fleischmann work was solidly grounded in theory, and they have published in several respectable journals. "Cold fusion" research continues in a number of venues today, and numerous respectable researchers report having confirmed its existence.

[madvlad]

Pardon my skepticism; however, it does not
take that much to be published in 'respectable
journals'. I have myself co-authored papers
in Science, Proceedings of the Natl Academy
of Sciences, Journal of Immunology. Journal
of Clinical Investigation & Cancer Research to
name but a few.

Anything that is published in a respectable
journal MUST be grounded in some basic scientific
principle. Unfortunately, it does not guarantee
that the work will lead anywhere.

On that basis, Judah Folkman made apparent
advances re the use of vascular angiogenesis
inhibitors in the treatment of cancers, esp
advanced-stage cancers. Will this method
provide the magic bullet for cancer? Maybe,
I doubt it however.

Hmmmm. We have cured cancerous tumors in mice
but have failed to cure a single human subect.
I submit that we go public w/ a murine oncology
clinic and cure mice far and wide!

Mad Vlad(calls em as he sees em)