NFB - The cure for cancer?

[95TransAm]

I don't know if any of you have read about in the past or are interested in nanotechnology. I've kept up with it for the past couple years...the ideas and theories behind it always fascinated me. Well, nanotechnology apparently is getting closer to killing cancer cells and leaving the healthy ones alone.

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I remember reading how it could also repair our ozone when we fully figure out how to utilize it's possibilities...as well as many other random things.

I sure hope that they can perfect this system in the near future...this would be an amzing accomplishment for mankind.

Just figured I'd share some news with the fellow F-bod bretheren

[Joe 1320]

I've been researching this lately...... interesting stuff.

[wolfdogs]

fingers and toes crossed.

[raroZ28]

I have heard there are cures for cancer already, they're just not allowed to release them. Drug companies would lose too much money treating people.

It would be awesome if they did cure it.

[zebragirl83]

haha... finally... something that I can actually give a legitimate input about (Biology major!!) Ok here's the thing... I've heard on info-mericals and stuff, people telling that there are cures for cancer and drug companies would lose money, those people are full of crap and are just trying to get people to buy their good for nothing but a door stop books on health... let me be the first to tell you that if there was a legitimate cure for cancer, we'd know about it... This new technique being developed is one of the most promising to date. Unfortunately, we are still far from the cure for man. As stated in the article, these procedures are still under extremely experimental conditions, in an extremely controlled environment. Scientists don't even trust the techniques well enough yet to test it on laboratory mice, and they will do ANYTHING to those poor animals short of straight up torture and sometimes even that's debatable. Fortunately for humans, but not so fortunately for the health industry, we are extremely complex beings, very much unlike lab mice. Even if this technique is used and successful in mice, which would not be the first time this happen, we can't be guaranteed the cure will work in the human body. Not to mention cost....
Let's just hypothetically say that this new technology was developed and was found to work perfectly on humans... how much you think it's gonna cost?? um.... a lot... so want to take a guess who it's gonna be available to because of that high cost?? The rich and powerful... It would be quite some time before the "common" man would be able to afford and be positively effected by a cure like this.
Also, cancer is just a scientists fancy name for crazy cells that went bad and decided to attack the body that made them... they are VERY smart... all it would take after a cure is found is for one cell to find the right DNA combination to not be killed and it will be survival of the fittest at it's finest... hopefully one day we will find a drug that evolves with the different strains of cancer, aids, and even the common cold that are forming DAILY!!
I don't mean to be a downer, and I'm sorry if I probably sound pesimistic, but biologists are realists and I hope that I am around to see, and possibly help with, that development, but I'm afraid we've got a long wait ahead of us.

[Joe 1320]

As far as making money, my sister is currently taking experimental cancer drugs as part of her treatment. $2000 for 5 pills.

[zebragirl83]

As far as making money, my sister is currently taking experimental cancer drugs as part of her treatment. $2000 for 5 pills.

Oh yeah... BIIIIIIG bucks available for people taking experimental drugs... but BIIIIG risks involved as well....and also... key word.... treatment... not cure... yes, a select few people, when a cure is developed enough will get the "privilege" to experimentally be "cured" but as far as when they KNOW that it's gonna work... people will be shelling out the big bucks to have it... not earning it!!!

[raroZ28]

As far as making money, my sister is currently taking experimental cancer drugs as part of her treatment. $2000 for 5 pills.

She pays 2K for 5 pills, or they pay her to experiment with the pills?

[zebragirl83]

She pays 2K for 5 pills, or they pay her to experiment with the pills?

I'm sure they're payin' her gosh I hope they're payin' her!!! Holy $#!+ if they're not!!!

[lt14mla]

I have heard there are cures for cancer already, they're just not allowed to release them. Drug companies would lose too much money treating people.

It would be awesome if they did cure it.

This is true. Read a book called "The cures they don't want you to know about"
Its an amazing book on how many companies control what can and is marketed inorder to make money. Its a sick world

[Joe 1320]

She pays 2K for 5 pills, or they pay her to experiment with the pills?

The drug costs $2000 for 5 pills. At the moment I believe she is on her 3rd round of treatments..... that would be $6000 to date.

[zebragirl83]

This is true. Read a book called "The cures they don't want you to know about"
Its an amazing book on how many companies control what can and is marketed inorder to make money. Its a sick world

That's exactly the book I'm talking about that I would only use for a door stop... this company... in my opinion that is... is falsely advertising... Kevin Trudeau is using a sad play on words... in the book they speak of natural remedies that are available that we aren't finding out about... what he's not saying is the reason the American Medical Association, Federal Trade Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, and the pharmaceutical cartels aren't backing these remedies, just like they don't back others that aren't tested properly, because they don't want to put their name and reputation on a product that they don't know is safe... Read this...
http://www.infomercialwatch.org/tran/trudeau.shtml

This is kind of an opinionated piece... and I don't agree that the author should have put his opinions in as much as he did... to me that takes away from the credibility of the paper, but the facts in this manuscript get my point across. I've actually seen the infomercial and had a good mind to call in and totally nail him for the crap he's throwing at the American public. And the author of this piece is right... blood pH has nothing to do with cancer!

[zebragirl83]

The drug costs $2000 for 5 pills. At the moment I believe she is on her 3rd round of treatments..... that would be $6000 to date.

WOW that's expensive... but honestly it doesn't surprise me... Some medicines, because the components aren't readily available to drug companies, cost a LOT of money, because they're so expensive to make...

[Hemogoblin]

Well, let's not discount some of these claims. I know for a FACT that a certain drug company was onto making a near "cure" for a disease that affects mainly the African continent, and they dropped the project because it wasn't "cost-effective" to do so. Basically, the scientist wanted funding to research his drug further, and they told him to drop the project because the treatment would have to be priced really low (because it wouldn't be affordable to the population that needed it) and that in the end, the profits would not "justify" the cost of research. Once that disease is cured and gone, forget about it. No more cash-cow. It wasn't worth them doing....

As for cancer, it's really out of control and there are big steps being made everyday. I've heard a lot about the theories regarding a cure and whatnot, but really, who knows? Cancer is just a term used for cells that are replicating under no ones control, and they eventually starve the body of nutrients. They aren't "smart," they're just doing what they're programmed to do, which is replicate and live. It isn't really that the cancer kills you, it's its actions that kill you. A tumor will send out signals to get your own body to supply it with blood vessels, and will drain the blood supply, nutrient supply, and ultimately, the body can't survive.

I hope your sister gets better.

Cheers,
Steve

[Disifer]

I know for a FACT that a certain drug company was onto making a near "cure" for a disease that affects mainly the African continent, and they dropped the project because it wasn't "cost-effective" to do so. Basically, the scientist wanted funding to research his drug further, and they told him to drop the project because the treatment would have to be priced really low (because it wouldn't be affordable to the population that needed it) and that in the end, the profits would not "justify" the cost of research.

These are called orphan drugs. There is either too little market for drug or it isn't cost effective to produce the drug.

I actually watched most of that infomercial the other day and it isn't just the natural cures that are part of his book. It actually says to eat a healthier diet. Alot of those people who claimed to have been cured or he claims to have been cured probably had their symptoms alleviated by a proper diet and exercise program more than any herbal remedies that they took. If you don't eat the garbage that many of us eat and actually get the proper amount of exercise you will feel better regardless of what supplements or herbs you are taking.

BTW where are you going to school zebragirl?