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Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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Thanks for posting this. Happy to answer questions!

My pleasure! How does someone support someone going through cancer? I would especially like to know how to best support someone upon initial diagnosis. It seems like you have an amazing support system and I would like to be that for someone.

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This is the most supremely motivating post I've seen in a long time. I know what it is to be diagnosed with cancer, being rushed to surgery - it's amazing how quickly the medical-industrial complex can move once you've got a diagnosis (at least in Australia). I had a short period of contemplating terminally, because cancer claimed the life of most of my family. Thankfully, after surgery it was gone. To see Sid use hi…

Thanks for you kinds words, glad to hear you recovered from Peyronies.

I have not recovered, I took the opposite path to you - when "standard care" wasn't an option - I gave up. But your post has motivated me, and shown me a roadmap of what is possible. Eternally grateful.

p.s. "I'll talk to anyone, I'll go anywhere, and I can be there anytime" - for me, unfortunately $ is the problem for going anywhere, anytime. Perhaps you can help? I've sent you an email - I'm motivated. ;-)

Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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Thanks for posting this. Happy to answer questions!

I have worked as an architect in HCLS technology for 10 years with Google and AWS. Listening to you stitch all the technology and innovation together, moving from the information world to the physical world, as a patient, almost brought me to tears. You said this will be the standard of care in 30-years, but the capability is here today. Listening to your recording is a profound moment in my life. Thank you for shari…

Really appreciate it. I agree the capability is here today. I'm trying to get it to more people so that the learning effects and economies of scale can bring the costs down.

Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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post #88

Thanks for posting this. Happy to answer questions!

My pleasure! How does someone support someone going through cancer? I would especially like to know how to best support someone upon initial diagnosis. It seems like you have an amazing support system and I would like to be that for someone.

Of course it depends on what they need but please email cancer@sytse.com with a screenshot of this message and we can discuss.

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Sounds like some lame ass tech founder bullshit if I’ll be honest. If I had cancer the last think I’d be thinking would be to make a slide deck about it. Can these robot people come back down to earth and have a genuine human experience for a chance? Not everything has to be framed in the view of a startup company or a data analysis exercise. Maybe focus on spending time with your family and friends? If they still li…

Who hurt you?

Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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Thanks for posting this. Happy to answer questions!

This is very impressive, top labs doing research often don't have experimental designs that are this elaborate. Was the TCR and BCR-seq you conducted helpful to design cell therapies, neoantigen vaccines, and monitor progress? Given that you carry the HLA-B*27:05 allele, you might have been blessed by being predisposed to a better response. But probably you want to keep an eye on future autoimmunity issues. Talking f…

Thanks for the warning, I hope that it wasn't a personal experience for you.

Thanks for the compliment about the elaborate design. I think that when you make something for one or a few patients it is easier to be more elaborate, even with the same knowledge and equipment.

Maybe the TCR and BCR-seq was most helpful for mRNA design and effectiveness monitoring, but hopefully someone else on my team will answer that better.

Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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This is the most supremely motivating post I've seen in a long time. I know what it is to be diagnosed with cancer, being rushed to surgery - it's amazing how quickly the medical-industrial complex can move once you've got a diagnosis (at least in Australia). I had a short period of contemplating terminally, because cancer claimed the life of most of my family. Thankfully, after surgery it was gone. To see Sid use hi…

I am watching DTF St. Louis (which is not a terrible reality show about a third tier city like the title implies, actually a Jason Bateman kind of dark comedy/whodunit), and Peyronie's features in the story. The show also has the first commercials I've ever seen for a Peyronie's treatment, and apparently it's an official ad partner of the show. I wonder if some enterprising show exec decided to go pitch the perfect sponsorship or if the company making a treatment commissioned a show...

Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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This is the most supremely motivating post I've seen in a long time. I know what it is to be diagnosed with cancer, being rushed to surgery - it's amazing how quickly the medical-industrial complex can move once you've got a diagnosis (at least in Australia). I had a short period of contemplating terminally, because cancer claimed the life of most of my family. Thankfully, after surgery it was gone. To see Sid use hi…

I am watching DTF St. Louis (which is not a terrible reality show about a third tier city like the title implies, actually a Jason Bateman kind of dark comedy/whodunit), and Peyronie's features in the story. The show also has the first commercials I've ever seen for a Peyronie's treatment, and apparently it's an official ad partner of the show. I wonder if some enterprising show exec decided to go pitch the perfect s…

A cure for Peronies which is non invasive, works on chronic/non-chronics is worth countless billions.

Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is very impressive, top labs doing research often don't have experimental designs that are this elaborate. Was the TCR and BCR-seq you conducted helpful to design cell therapies, neoantigen vaccines, and monitor progress? Given that you carry the HLA-B*27:05 allele, you might have been blessed by being predisposed to a better response. But probably you want to keep an eye on future autoimmunity issues. Talking f…

Thanks for the warning, I hope that it wasn't a personal experience for you. Thanks for the compliment about the elaborate design. I think that when you make something for one or a few patients it is easier to be more elaborate, even with the same knowledge and equipment. Maybe the TCR and BCR-seq was most helpful for mRNA design and effectiveness monitoring, but hopefully someone else on my team will answer that bet…

The TCR sequencing has been helpful for downselecting TCRs for a TCR based cell therapy, and for monitoring response to various immune therapies (including the vaccines)

Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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so many of these now. it is so sad and scary. been thinking about prenuvo all the time now but not sure if thats going to help or make me more paranoid.

Not really. Osteosarcoma rates have remained very stable for decades. Some young people are getting diagnosed with colon/breast cancer at increasing rates, but most of that comes down to better diagnostics and imagining, catching things at earlier ages.

But isn‘t colon cancer in young people primarily an example of rates actually increasing, because young people specifically often get easily dismissed based on their age.
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