• Skin Cell Gun
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Fucking SCIENCE
WHY AREN'T WE FUNDING THIS?!?!?!?!?! They used his own cells too.
[QUOTE=Waffle99;27822571]WHY AREN'T WE FUNDING THIS?!?!?!?!?! They used his own cells too.[/QUOTE] Hurr killing babies pretty much
[QUOTE=miscreanity;27820903]A cancerous cell is a normal cell that simply doesn't know when to stop growing. It's much more likely to occur internally so this wouldn't be very effective. The objective would be to destroy the cancer cells in question, so painting more cells over them wouldn't have an effect and might actually just add additional resources. This is a solution for a separate problem entirely, though the thought of applying it to other issues is good.[/QUOTE] Thank you for clarifying, unlike the dumb raters, your input was very helpful
I want a home version for my cracked hands during the winter.
sweet. now i can do super dangerous stuff and not have to worry about having burn scars! that must be what they have at liberty city hospital.
Fuck yeah :science:
Medical science is awesome!
[QUOTE=Scientwist;27823748]Thank you for clarifying, unlike the dumb raters, your input was very helpful[/QUOTE] Absolutely. There's been debate as to the specific causes of cancer, although predisposition can be increased from certain things. If you're interested, also look into telomere research. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere[/url]
:science:
Fucking awesome and amazing.
[QUOTE=Waffle99;27822571]WHY AREN'T WE FUNDING THIS?!?!?!?!?! They used his own cells too.[/QUOTE] Calm the hell down, what makes you think no one is funding this research? You do realize stem cell research is legal in the united states right? It can even receive federal funding thanks to Obama. Most stem cell controversy surrounds embryotic stem cell research which is illegal if the stem cells are obtained from fetuses created/cloned solely for research purposes.
Seriously holy fucking shit technology, medicine, and science are fucking awesome. Seriously, burn victims must suffer so much. The end up looking terrible and have pain for the rest of their lives. Seriously this is literally the stuff of miracles. Why any religious person would want to be against modern medical procedures is beyond me. Funding needs to go away from military research and dumped all into medicine, that's where the future of our species lies.
Skin gun fight!
made a comic about it :buddy: [img]http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5851/hurrrr.png[/img]
[QUOTE=miscreanity;27820903]A cancerous cell is a normal cell that simply doesn't know when to stop growing. It's much more likely to occur internally so this wouldn't be very effective. The objective would be to destroy the cancer cells in question, so painting more cells over them wouldn't have an effect and might actually just add additional resources. This is a solution for a separate problem entirely, though the thought of applying it to other issues is good.[/QUOTE] Actually, [url=http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=could+stem+cellls+cure+cancer&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&fp=591c13988e8371da]according to google[/url], wikipedia, and I'm sure other sources, stem cells could be used for cancer treatment. [editline]3rd February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Scientwist;27823748]Thank you for clarifying, unlike the dumb raters, your input was very helpful[/QUOTE] Turns out some scientists had the same idea you did.
[QUOTE=Scientwist;27823748]Thank you for clarifying, unlike the dumb raters, your input was very helpful[/QUOTE] Also, mutations are caused by chromosomes not crossing right when cells divide.
[QUOTE=Mutex;27824600]Actually, [url=http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=could+stem+cellls+cure+cancer&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&fp=591c13988e8371da]according to google[/url], wikipedia, and I'm sure other sources, stem cells could be used for cancer treatment. [editline]3rd February 2011[/editline] Turns out some scientists had the same idea you did.[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell_treatments#Cancer[/url] Interesting, I wasn't aware of the cytosine deaminase assist for triggering an enzymatic reaction in a pro-drug. Although according to the Wikipedia page, the introduced stem cells didn't differentiate, which would be necessary after dead of the target cancer cells. I'm sure additional fresh stem cells could be deposited. It still seems that most of the focus is on killing cancerous cells and then introducing stem cells to more quickly repair the damage done through conventional cancer treatments. These were the most interesting articles I came across: [url]http://www.physorg.com/news7152.html[/url] [url]http://singularityhub.com/2010/07/27/watching-genetically-engineered-cells-kill-cancer-in-real-time/[/url] They seem related in that stem cells are used to create T-cells, which then hunt down cancerous cells. Still a multi-part solution, but non-invasive and it seems that it could be incredibly effective. Gold might offer a highly targeted cancer treatment as well. [url]http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2005/10/5331/gold-nanoparticles-show-potential-noninvasive-cancer-treatment[/url] Thanks for pointing the direction, always nice to learn something.
amazing
The whole regrowing skin thing is pretty cool just by itself, but really amazes me is the rapidity of treatment. The guy went from well-done to perfectly healed in 4 days. That shit is a borderline miracle. Hell, my sunburns last longer than that.
[QUOTE=miscreanity;27826914][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell_treatments#Cancer[/url] Interesting, I wasn't aware of the cytosine deaminase assist for triggering an enzymatic reaction in a pro-drug. Although according to the Wikipedia page, the introduced stem cells didn't differentiate, which would be necessary after dead of the target cancer cells. I'm sure additional fresh stem cells could be deposited. [b]It still seems that most of the focus is on killing cancerous cells and then introducing stem cells to more quickly repair the damage done through conventional cancer treatments.[/b] These were the most interesting articles I came across: [url]http://www.physorg.com/news7152.html[/url] [url]http://singularityhub.com/2010/07/27/watching-genetically-engineered-cells-kill-cancer-in-real-time/[/url] They seem related in that stem cells are used to create T-cells, which then hunt down cancerous cells. Still a multi-part solution, but non-invasive and it seems that it could be incredibly effective. Gold might offer a highly targeted cancer treatment as well. [url]http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2005/10/5331/gold-nanoparticles-show-potential-noninvasive-cancer-treatment[/url] Thanks for pointing the direction, always nice to learn something.[/QUOTE] That there in bold, I meant that. remove/destroy/kill the cancer and use the stem cells to repair damages. That other stuff was just what I had been told, although wrong, I only know what I've researched or has been clarified/explained to me.
They didn't tell us how much it costs...
Blocked FUUUU
[QUOTE=Dustinm16;27829719]They didn't tell us how much it costs...[/QUOTE] Most likely quite a lot now, it usually always takes 10 years from new tech to get cheap for everybody and reach all over the world. So yea, in 10 years, this planet will be pretty much "holy fucking shit".
Amazing what science can d- *HADRON COLLIDER* *insert everybody raging here*
[QUOTE=Kiq;27833500]Amazing what science can d- *HADRON COLLIDER* *insert everybody raging here*[/QUOTE] Hadron? Heh, Particle physics give me a hadron. :haw:
I wanna see this device in action.
Could we someday be immortal through stem cells? I mean the reason we die is that the cells stop regenerating, or run out because no new ones are made, so if we can regenerate/make all the cells every now and then we would be eternally young?
[QUOTE=MiX-A;27833051]Most likely quite a lot now, it usually always takes 10 years from new tech to get cheap for everybody and reach all over the world. So yea, in 10 years, this planet will be pretty much "holy fucking shit".[/QUOTE] ... And still no EP3
That's just downright fucking amazing.
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