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Frog-derived gut bacterium eradicates tumors in mice

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Re: Frog-derived gut bacterium eradicates tumors in mice

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Post by Leonard_of_Q »

bayindirh wrote: post #63
Leonard_of_Q wrote: post #54

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> In other words, why react in such a dour way to an interesting discovery? Because we're triggering mass extinction events in the name of improving things, that's why.

Are we, really? Which mass extinction events would those be, and in what way do "we" trigger them in the name of improving things? To me it sounds like you've been exposed to a bit too much agit-prop that the discovery of a potential natural therapeutic (not manipulated, just regular old bacteria) against tumours evokes such a response.

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Post by NetOpWibby »

prewett wrote: post #197
NetOpWibby wrote: post #182

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Oh man my memory is shot then

Maybe you just didn't really see it. I've begun to notice that I don't even see certain things that I read, especially if I'm not intellectually prepared to receive them. I vaguely remembered the mice and the earth being a computer (once prompted by the post), but I had no idea about the mice being 3D projections of a multi-dimensional being. I'm pretty sure that idea was either not something I truly comprehended at…

Totally possible tbh

Re: Frog-derived gut bacterium eradicates tumors in mice

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Post by aa-jv »

criddell wrote: post #31
aa-jv wrote: post #5

Wow, this is humorous .. whats next, the eye of the newt cures wistfulness? I sure hope so. Seriously though, we are living in an era where the more the science broadens its horizons, the more it just looks like plain ol' witchcraft. I'm hoping there'll be some uses for figs we haven't thought of, next ..

You might like this episode of Radiolab: https://radiolab.org/podcast/best-medicine They followed a 1100 year old medicine recipe and found the resulting salve was effective against MRSA in their test. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6261618/

Yes, that was indeed fascinating. I think we're not that far removed from the era of witches, personally .. but I say that, as a sorcerer who casts spells to make things happen, mind ..

Re: Frog-derived gut bacterium eradicates tumors in mice

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Post by aa-jv »

vixen99 wrote: post #15
aa-jv wrote: post #5

Wow, this is humorous .. whats next, the eye of the newt cures wistfulness? I sure hope so. Seriously though, we are living in an era where the more the science broadens its horizons, the more it just looks like plain ol' witchcraft. I'm hoping there'll be some uses for figs we haven't thought of, next ..

Sure thing! Plenty of possibilities here for instance: 'Bioactive Compounds in Ficus Fruits, Their Bioactivities, and Associated Health Benefits: A Review'. (It's a pretty extensive list). https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/06ab/f83d30ec00bb902bb1aa37...

You know, I was hoping for more dragon'y/pixy'ish things, though .. ;)

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Post by tclancy »

giwook wrote: post #104
bcjdjsndon wrote: post #90

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"Spoken like" was a phrase before Rick and Morty lol they didn't invent the English language.

I'm offended someone suggested I ripped off my sense of humor from that. I ripped it off from a lot of older stuff that was infinitely better because it was popular when I was young. And stupid.

Re: Frog-derived gut bacterium eradicates tumors in mice

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Post by gus_massa »

1234letshaveatw wrote: post #89
gus_massa wrote: post #52

Previus discussion (from the university press release) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46306894 (498 points | 6 months ago | 140 comments) I'll rehash my comment They used mice, because they are good for early tries. The researchers had 9 bacterias and only 1 was successful. Experiments in mice are cheaper and have less ethical problems than experiments in humans. (Hey! They even injected the cancer cells in mic…

I think you overestimate the "interesting enough period". How much would it be worth for some patients to go into remission for a year? or even 6 months? The answer is a lot

Every additional day is a blessing, but each treatment has possible nasty side effects, require time for administration [1], time to fill the insurance paperwork and a cost that sometimes must be covered by the family. You don't want to waste a full week locked inside a hospital to get 1 extra day.

Anyway, 5 years is a long time, so I agree shorter times are useful and interesting. But, 5 years is used as an arbitrary threshold like in https://www.webmd.com/cancer/remission-what-does-it-mean so I think it's a good comparison to put "eradicate" in the title.

Re: Frog-derived gut bacterium eradicates tumors in mice

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Post by tclancy »

wizzwizz4 wrote: post #176
bcjdjsndon wrote: post #169

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But everyone started copying after they used it on that fuckin shite episode

Are you sure this isn't the frequency illusion? It's a line in Hannibal (2001).

It’s an ancient joke/ criticism setup.
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