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Didn't see this posted

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57358994/calif-hs-student-devises-possible-cancer-cure/

Wait, wasn't this how the Will Smith version of I Am Legend started, with a cure for cancer?

Run! We're all doomed!

Most impressive padawan.

Pretty neat.

by her sophomore year she had talked her way into the lab at Stanford

by Junior year she was doing her own research




holy brains, that is beyond genius at such a young age

I cringed a bit when I saw "possible," but that's sounds quite plausible.

I hope to hear more about it, and her, later down the road.

This is probably the last we will hear of it. Sorry if I sound pessimistic, but my dad is in the hospital right now with 5 tumours and the doctors are not doing gak about it. They are already talking hospice. He went in with a melanoma growing behind his sternum (weird I know, I thought melanoma was skin cancer but that is what they said) and a few months later he had 5 tumours growing. He doesn't even have an IV in him and is dehydrated. Maybe it is my local health care system but I get the feeling they just gave up on him.

Lord Scythican wrote:This is probably the last we will hear of it. Sorry if I sound pessimistic, but my dad is in the hospital right now with 5 tumours and the doctors are not doing gak about it. They are already talking hospice. He went in with a melanoma growing behind his sternum (weird I know, I thought melanoma was skin cancer but that is what they said) and a few months later he had 5 tumours growing. He doesn't even have an IV in him and is dehydrated. Maybe it is my local health care system but I get the feeling they just gave up on him.

that sucks

but a negative never got anyone anywhere but despair

Lord Scythican wrote:This is probably the last we will hear of it. Sorry if I sound pessimistic, but my dad is in the hospital right now with 5 tumours and the doctors are not doing gak about it. They are already talking hospice. He went in with a melanoma growing behind his sternum (weird I know, I thought melanoma was skin cancer but that is what they said) and a few months later he had 5 tumours growing. He doesn't even have an IV in him and is dehydrated. Maybe it is my local health care system but I get the feeling they just gave up on him.

So sorry to hear about your father. My prayers are with you and your family.

Promising that sounds, it does, young skywalker!

Edit; Star wars reference has already been done. Oh well.

Sounds great, but I just thought it was funny how CBS's editors didn't notice that it says "shat" right in the middle of the article.

Its because shes Asian isnt it?


But seriously, thats pretty cool, hope something comes of it IE Zombie Apocalypse

i wonder what the world would be like with tumour B gone technology eradicating most cancers and improved statins eliminating heart disease, massive numbers of people above the pensions age and few people working.

Paradise?

Publish something revolutionary at a young age = never having to deal with doctoral advisers.

Not to be too much of a pessimist, this is a really great thing if it does work out, but I'm afraid of her going the route of other child prodigies, suicide.

I hope that everything works out though, and hopefully she'll keep on going and its a really simple concept that a kid would think of. Make something that can attach to tumor cells, put medicine in it, and then open it up to get the medicine into the cell. The really big thing is the fact that she was able to use her imagination and the science she learned in order to do this, this is why we need things that feed the imagination in school systems.

The only possible issue I could see with something like this is potentially damaging other systems with excess metals although its pretty easy to deal with excessive materials in the bloodstream.

halonachos wrote:Not to be too much of a pessimist, this is a really great thing if it does work out, but I'm afraid of her going the route of other child prodigies, suicide.

What usually induces suicide in child prodigies is the absence of socialization with peers due to being rushed through the educational system, as well as the absence of a large set of common experiences shared by most people in the US.

Being really smart is great and all, but imagine the life of 13 year old college student, and the difficulty he will have relating to others. This girl seems to have lead a pretty normal life, she's Saul Kripke, not Brandenn E. Bremmer.

Chemo kills you.Radio therapy kills you.The cancer doesn't "come back" after the therapy ... The treatment gives you a new cancer.

My dad had 3 melanomas on his arm, they cut out one but it came back. So my dad decided to cure it. And he did, he is now in perfect shape.

Bicarbonate of soda applied daily to the effected areas, was gone in a week.

Cancer is caused by a certain fungus, bicarb kills all known fungi. And it killed cancer. Drug companies won't treat cancer because the drugs they already produce make them billions. It's terrible, but it's good business.

My 2 cents.

Lord Scythican wrote:This is probably the last we will hear of it. Sorry if I sound pessimistic, but my dad is in the hospital right now with 5 tumours and the doctors are not doing gak about it. They are already talking hospice. He went in with a melanoma growing behind his sternum (weird I know, I thought melanoma was skin cancer but that is what they said) and a few months later he had 5 tumours growing. He doesn't even have an IV in him and is dehydrated. Maybe it is my local health care system but I get the feeling they just gave up on him.

Sorry to hear about your dad. Melanoma is skin cancer...the problem is that it can get into your lymphatic system and spread around your body. Melanoma is a tough one, too. Chemo and radiation have been proven ineffective in treating it, so they don't use either. In fact, the first FDA-approved treatment for stage IV melanoma appeared just last year. There are some other options too.

Sent you a PM.

@Deadly Squirrel -- you're free to believe whatever you want. But no one should be taking any of your advice about cancer seriously unless they want to end up in a coffin.

DeadlySquirrel wrote:Chemo kills you.Radio therapy kills you.The cancer doesn't "come back" after the therapy ... The treatment gives you a new cancer.

My dad had 3 melanomas on his arm, they cut out one but it came back. So my dad decided to cure it. And he did, he is now in perfect shape.

Bicarbonate of soda applied daily to the effected areas, was gone in a week.

Cancer is caused by a certain fungus, bicarb kills all known fungi. And it killed cancer. Drug companies won't treat cancer because the drugs they already produce make them billions. It's terrible, but it's good business.

My 2 cents.

My dad just got off chemo after beating cancer afterr 3 years.
He lost 150 pounds and couldnt eat. It i miserable and miserable watching him go through it. If theres a cure and we arent funding it...I done say this often but would loose my faith in the world.

@ Dogma, as I said in my post, I hope everything goes alright.

@Deadly, while there are people claiming that there is a "growing body of evidence saying that candida is a cause for cancer" it could be simply that the candida infection that ends up killing some cancer patients takes advantage of the comprised immune system of the patient. Also here's a list of foods to avoid if you don't want cancer:

All cow´s milk products:
cheese, yoghurt, whey. And all cow´s milk derivatives which are everywhere in processed food.

Carrots

Yeast products:
alcohol, bread, Marmite, Oxo, Bovril, vinegars, mushrooms, processed and smoked fish and meats.

All sugar products:
honey, fructose, lactose, glucose, dextrose and sweeteners like Nutrisweet and Canderel.

Nearly all fruit:
overripe fruits are full of sugar and yeasts. Plus vegetables like courgettes, pumpkin, squash, marrow.

High sugar root vegetables:
carrots, parsnips, sweet potatoes, beetroots, (maximum 1 potato per day).

That's right, fruits give you cancer according to this guy as well as carrots.

on the 7th of Feb 2002 T. Simoncini injected SB on a 34 y. old male patient with an intestinal carcinoma (diagnosed as terminal by other oncologists)which perforated his intestine and died the day after. Moreover he treated 2 other women which died in the same year. On May 2006 he was convicted to 3 y. for manslaughter of the first patient and 16 months for having charged 7.500 EUR each to the other 2 patients. He brought to his defence about 20 of his patients claiming that their carcinomas have "disappeared" thanks to him. None of these patients were charged with false testimony.

hotsauceman1 wrote:

DeadlySquirrel wrote:Chemo kills you.Radio therapy kills you.The cancer doesn't "come back" after the therapy ... The treatment gives you a new cancer.

My dad had 3 melanomas on his arm, they cut out one but it came back. So my dad decided to cure it. And he did, he is now in perfect shape.

Bicarbonate of soda applied daily to the effected areas, was gone in a week.

Cancer is caused by a certain fungus, bicarb kills all known fungi. And it killed cancer. Drug companies won't treat cancer because the drugs they already produce make them billions. It's terrible, but it's good business.

My 2 cents.

My dad just got off chemo after beating cancer afterr 3 years.
He lost 150 pounds and couldnt eat. It i miserable and miserable watching him go through it. If theres a cure and we arent funding it...I done say this often but would loose my faith in the world.

I lost my faith in this world long ago. It is a sad fact indeed that drug companies allow thousands to die for the sake of money.

Also, by turning your blood into an alkaline, the cancer will die. The modern diet of processed food, carbonated drinks and additives has rendered many people's blood acidic. Cancer thrives when the blood is acidic and dies in the presence of alkaline. Bicarb is alkaline, which is why it kills cancer.

DeadlySquirrel wrote:Chemo kills you.Radio therapy kills you.The cancer doesn't "come back" after the therapy ... The treatment gives you a new cancer.

My dad had 3 melanomas on his arm, they cut out one but it came back. So my dad decided to cure it. And he did, he is now in perfect shape.

Bicarbonate of soda applied daily to the effected areas, was gone in a week.

Cancer is caused by a certain fungus, bicarb kills all known fungi. And it killed cancer. Drug companies won't treat cancer because the drugs they already produce make them billions. It's terrible, but it's good business.

My 2 cents.

What?

In re: the original post:

"Cure" isn't really the right word. It's a new method of tumor treatment. That doesn't really stop metastasis, so it's not really a cure.

It's an awesome technique that will probably get adapted.

I know he's going to flame me for this, but you guys need to not listen to deadly squirrel. He's posting nonsense pseudoscience that could get you hurt.

DeadlySquirrel wrote:
Also, by turning your blood into an alkaline, the cancer will die.

Everyone has alkaline blood, acidic blood can kill you, as can overly alkaline blood.

Rented Tritium wrote:In re: the original post:

"Cure" isn't really the right word. It's a new method of tumor treatment. That doesn't really stop metastasis, so it's not really a cure.

It's an awesome technique that will probably get adapted.

I know he's going to flame me for this, but you guys need to not listen to deadly squirrel. He's posting nonsense pseudoscience that could get you hurt.

I don't flame.Chill, bro.

We just have different opinions. Mine based from personal experience and yours from mass media.

DeadlySquirrel wrote:

Rented Tritium wrote:In re: the original post:

"Cure" isn't really the right word. It's a new method of tumor treatment. That doesn't really stop metastasis, so it's not really a cure.

It's an awesome technique that will probably get adapted.

I know he's going to flame me for this, but you guys need to not listen to deadly squirrel. He's posting nonsense pseudoscience that could get you hurt.

I don't flame.Chill, bro.

We just have different opinions. Mine based from personal experience and yours from mass media.

Scientific Facts vs. Holistic Hoodoo, you mean?

dogma wrote:

DeadlySquirrel wrote:
Also, by turning your blood into an alkaline, the cancer will die.

Everyone has alkaline blood, acidic blood can kill you, as can overly alkaline blood.

Yes, naturally you do have alkaline blood. But the modern diet turns it slightly acidic which, as you said, is very bad and why cancer is so prevalent these days. Hell, a 1/3 chance of getting cancer... It just sucks to say the least.

What, you don't think it's reasonable that every nurse, doctor, medical professional, hospital and pharma company worldwide knows that baking soda is a cure for cancer -- and apparently every different kind of cancer -- but they're keeping that to themselves?

Dreadwinter wrote:

DeadlySquirrel wrote:

Rented Tritium wrote:In re: the original post:

"Cure" isn't really the right word. It's a new method of tumor treatment. That doesn't really stop metastasis, so it's not really a cure.

It's an awesome technique that will probably get adapted.

I know he's going to flame me for this, but you guys need to not listen to deadly squirrel. He's posting nonsense pseudoscience that could get you hurt.

I don't flame.Chill, bro.

We just have different opinions. Mine based from personal experience and yours from mass media.

Scientific Facts vs. Holistic Hoodoo, you mean?

When your father looks you in the eye and says "I might not make it" then cures himself, you will open your mind to my "Holistic Hoodoo"

DeadlySquirrel wrote:

dogma wrote:

DeadlySquirrel wrote:
Also, by turning your blood into an alkaline, the cancer will die.

Everyone has alkaline blood, acidic blood can kill you, as can overly alkaline blood.

Yes, naturally you do have alkaline blood. But the modern diet turns it slightly acidic which, as you said, is very bad and why cancer is so prevalent these days. Hell, a 1/3 chance of getting cancer... It just sucks to say the least.

No, this is a lie. Acidic starts at 6.9, that will kill you dead. A human cannot survive with blood outside of a very small range on the alkaline side of 7