Post: #1

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/20...tml?ref=hp

Quote:A single drug can shrink or cure human breast, ovary, colon, bladder, brain, liver, and prostate tumors that have been transplanted into mice, researchers have found. The treatment, an antibody that blocks a "do not eat" signal normally displayed on tumor cells,coaxes the immune system to destroy the cancer cells.

Quote:Weissman's team has received a $20 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to move the findings from mouse studies to human safety tests. "We have enough data already," says Weissman, "that I can say I'm confident that this will move to phase I human trials."

This is kind of unbelievable news. What's even more surprising is finding it being reported on major media outlets as well; admittedly, I only found this through a liveleak link referring to Fox news at first.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/03/27...cer-tumor/

Technology is improving at a phenomenal rate. I'm really curious about what the future has in store for us technologically, even if it's looking pretty grim politically.

Post: #2

Sounds promising, but who knows if things will work once it gets to human testing?

Post: #3

I thought this was going to be another ACV thread.

Post: #4

Why bother spending 20 million on that, when we already have...