Protein 'makes cancer cells self-destruct'

BBC News ^ | 25 January, 2003 | BBC staff

[PatrickHenry]

If this was posted before, I searched on "cancer" and "protein" but somehow missed it.

[PatrickHenry]

We're gonna live forever! Ping.

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[VadeRetro]

We're gonna live forever!

Now you've done it! Think how many people depend in their retirement planning upon the idea that "Hey! I'm not going to live forever, after all! I just need to plan for 85 or so at the outside."

Better keep working a few decades longer there, pal!

[PatrickHenry]

Not a problem. When I'm 85, I'll probably die of a Viagra overdose.

[VadeRetro]

My Dad's dream obituary was "Age 115, shot by a jealous husband."

[forsnax5]

When I'm 85, I'll probably die of a Viagra overdose.

A toast to the "SPIRIT of PATRICK"! To saving your essense for one final blast!

[Anarchist]

If it's government-sponsored research it will always need more study. No cure will ever be found. Why? Because, if they found a cure the gravy-train would stop.

So a cure will never be found. Success will always be just around the corner. And to reach it will require--you guessed it--more funding.

If the search for a polio vaccine were a government effort, the iron lung would still be with us.

[capt. norm]

I was hoping to die, at 85, from being shot by a jealous husband.

[KC_for_Freedom]

So a cure will never be found. Success will always be just around the corner

It was in "The Music Man" that Prof Hill admitted that he coul not sell the steam powered automobile anymore because someone actually invented one.

I share your attitude about the government funding research, but there are profit making institutions that are competing with each other and someone will come through. (You don't actually believe General Motors would hold back with a 100 mile per gallon engine?)

[uglybiker]

I was hoping to die, at 85, from being shot by a jealous husband.

Make that a 25 year old jealous husband.

(Who's got two kids and just found out from the doctor that he's sterile!)

[PatrickHenry]

I can't help but wonder what role, if any, "creation science" is playing in this cancer research.

[Polycarp]

The enzyme is Cox-2, which is already known to play a role in causing arthritis

Celebrex, Bextra, and Vioxx are the newest prescription anti-inflammatory "wonder drugs," and constitute one of the largest groups of most-prescribed medicines now.

Since these are specifically Cox-2 inhibitors, one must wonder if they are going to lead to multiple cases of cancer down the road.

[PatrickHenry]

Celebrex, Bextra, and Vioxx are the newest prescription anti-inflammatory "wonder drugs," and constitute one of the largest groups of most-prescribed medicines now. Since these are specifically Cox-2 inhibitors, one must wonder if they are going to lead to multiple cases of cancer down the road.

The article says: "But when the protein was attached to the mRNA for the Cox-2 enzyme, cancer cells could no longer make Cox-2, and they died, suggesting it plays a key role in tumour cell survival or death. So I don't think a Cox-2 inhibitor is a problem. But this stuff is not my field, so I'm just going along for the ride on this thread.

[VadeRetro]

I can't help but wonder what role, if any, "creation science" is playing in this cancer research.

CS is standing by saying, "If this doesn't work, it's proof that man is constantly overreaching himself in meddling with creation. If it does work, it's proof of intelligent design."

[Polycarp]

Hmmm...I think you're right, I read it wrong:

There has been much interest recently in the molecule Cox-2 because it is found in high levels in some cancers.

"A number of clinical trials are ongoing in the UK investigating the effectiveness of drugs that block Cox-2 in bowel cancer.

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Celebrex, Bextra, and Vioxx are the newest prescription anti-inflammatory "wonder drugs," and constitute one of the largest groups of most-prescribed medicines now.

Since these are specifically Cox-2 inhibitors, one must wonder if they are going to lead to multiple cases of cancer down the road.

My first thought.

[PatrickHenry]

CS is standing by saying ...

I know someone who could do better than that. He'll probably claim that this is still more "proof" that evolution is false.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

Nowhere else but on FR do I read pornography. And in the most unexpected places.

[Centurion2000]

bump .....

[AndrewC]

We're gonna live forever! Ping.

When did you become a faithful Christian?