Latest breakthroughs in the war on cancer

[Guest guest]

* Gene therapy reported to wipe out pancreatic cancer in mice:

Researchers report encouraging signs in the fight against one of the

deadliest cancers.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070709_cancer-therapy.htm

 

* Researchers modify herpes virus to fight cancer:

A virus designed to kill cancer cells while sparing healthy ones shows

promise in a preliminary study,scientists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070707_cancer-virus.htm

[Guest guest]

How many hundred if not thousand breakthroughs does this make in the

past half century?

 

And the breakthroughs are still all about wiping out symptoms and

leaving causes and prevention untouched.

 

Given the success of science in GMO and vaccinations, do we really

want them modifying our genes or putting anything in us whose genes

they have modified?

 

 

oleander soup , robert-blau wrote:

>

> * Gene therapy reported to wipe out pancreatic cancer in mice:

> Researchers report encouraging signs in the fight against one of the

> deadliest cancers.

> http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070709_cancer-therapy.htm

>

> * Researchers modify herpes virus to fight cancer:

> A virus designed to kill cancer cells while sparing healthy ones shows

> promise in a preliminary study,scientists say.

> http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070707_cancer-virus.htm

>