Cure for cancer, bitches

[HVC]

Great, so we cure cancer in mice.

it's only fair since we purposefully give them the cancer in the first place.

[Martinus]

Great, so we cure cancer in mice.

it's only fair since we purposefully give them the cancer in the first place.

If that was how it worked, the US government would have cured HIV in blacks by now.

[Caliga]

These medical story writers really need to tone down the Timmahism. This drug hasn't even been tested in humans and the author is going on about one drug to cure all cancer. 

You could write the same drivel about any of a thousand other drugs that fail to make it to phase IV testing. For some reason cancer hasn't been cured yet, though... this one must be different!

THE MAN won't allow cancer to be cured.  Think of all the companies that will be screwed if that happens and their drugs are no longer needed.... and of all the money said companies give to members of Congress.

[fhdz]

These medical story writers really need to tone down the Timmahism. This drug hasn't even been tested in humans and the author is going on about one drug to cure all cancer. 

You could write the same drivel about any of a thousand other drugs that fail to make it to phase IV testing. For some reason cancer hasn't been cured yet, though... this one must be different!

Eventually, one of them *is* different.

But far be it from me to dwell on such things. Please continue to froth.

[fhdz]

These medical story writers really need to tone down the Timmahism. This drug hasn't even been tested in humans and the author is going on about one drug to cure all cancer. 

You could write the same drivel about any of a thousand other drugs that fail to make it to phase IV testing. For some reason cancer hasn't been cured yet, though... this one must be different!

THE MAN won't allow cancer to be cured.  Think of all the companies that will be screwed if that happens and their drugs are no longer needed.... and of all the money said companies give to members of Congress.

If it could be proven that a cure for cancer was squashed by Congress due to pharmaceutical lobbying, I would definitely love to see the ensuing lynchings. That'd be rad.

[merithyn]

These medical story writers really need to tone down the Timmahism. This drug hasn't even been tested in humans and the author is going on about one drug to cure all cancer. 

You could write the same drivel about any of a thousand other drugs that fail to make it to phase IV testing. For some reason cancer hasn't been cured yet, though... this one must be different!

Eventually, one of them *is* different.

But far be it from me to dwell on such things. Please continue to froth.

Shh. Don't rain on Fate's I-are-smarter-than-all-of-you-look-at-me-I'm-gonna-be-a-doctor parade. 

[fhdz]

These medical story writers really need to tone down the Timmahism. This drug hasn't even been tested in humans and the author is going on about one drug to cure all cancer. 

You could write the same drivel about any of a thousand other drugs that fail to make it to phase IV testing. For some reason cancer hasn't been cured yet, though... this one must be different!

Eventually, one of them *is* different.

But far be it from me to dwell on such things. Please continue to froth.

Shh. Don't rain on Fate's I-are-smarter-than-all-of-you-look-at-me-I'm-gonna-be-a-doctor parade. 

"People sure need to stop being excited about potential medical breakthroughs! What a bunch of suckers! Don't you know what a low success rate drug development has?"

[Admiral Yi]

Keep fighting the good fight Fate. 

[Fate]

These medical story writers really need to tone down the Timmahism. This drug hasn't even been tested in humans and the author is going on about one drug to cure all cancer. 

You could write the same drivel about any of a thousand other drugs that fail to make it to phase IV testing. For some reason cancer hasn't been cured yet, though... this one must be different!

Eventually, one of them *is* different.

But far be it from me to dwell on such things. Please continue to froth.

It is absolutely ludicrous to think there will be a single cure for all cancers as the author purports. The disease process is simply too complex. If you want to be realistic in your fantasizing then there will eventually be a multitude of drugs each tailored to a person's individual cancer genetics. But that doesn't sound as snazzy in a poorly written health article.

[fhdz]

It is absolutely ludicrous to think there will be a single cure for all cancers as the author purports.

With your years and years of experience in pharmacology I am sure to trust your expert opinion.

[Jacob]

With your years and years of experience in pharmacology I am sure to trust your expert opinion.

With luminaries such as Merithyn and yourself lined up against it, Fate's critique looks thin indeed.

[Scipio]

I don't see anything in here about a cure for bitches.

[HVC]

I don't see anything in here about a cure for bitches.

divorce.

[Caliga]

Oh, you think they go away at that point, eh?

[garbon]

It is absolutely ludicrous to think there will be a single cure for all cancers as the author purports.

With your years and years of experience in pharmacology I am sure to trust your expert opinion.

It does seem odd to suggest there would be one cure. Given that at the most basic cancers all involve cells growing uncontrollably in a way that harms the body - why would it make sense to assume there would be a drug that could stop such growth in all types of cells?