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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 1:46 pm
by Malcolm
Booyah.
Scientists discovered they could switch on cancer in cells by removing the microRNAs from cells and preventing them from producing the protein. And, crucially, they found that they could reverse the process, switching the brakes back on and stopping cancer.
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 1:52 pm
by Leisher
404
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 1:52 pm
by Troy
you suck at the internet
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 1:59 pm
by Malcolm
Since 10-year old tech can't handle modern URLs...
news.nationalpost.com/news/world/u-s-scientists-successfully-turn-human-cancer-cells-back-to-normal-in-process-theyre-hopef
ul-can-one-day-switch-off-disease
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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 2:35 pm
by TheCatt
Tinyurl is a thing.
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 6:05 pm
by Alhazad
I'm gonna not focus on Malcolm's fuckup and say that this is very exciting. It also raises questions about purposely triggering pre-cancerous replication to heal injuries and force cells to replicate past their telomere limits.
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 6:12 pm
by Malcolm
Goddamn all of you.
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 7:05 pm
by TPRJones
Hey, Malcolm, your link is broken.
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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 1:28 am
by Alhazad
Researchers now know why wasp stings cure cancer. Unfortunately not as promising on the immortality front as Mal's (broken) link.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:18 am
by Leisher
Maybe wasps aren't as big of assholes as we believe?
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:42 am
by Malcolm
Leisher wrote:Maybe wasps aren't as big of assholes as we believe?
No, they're still assholes, just with a practical use.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 12:09 pm
by Alhazad
They're the complete opposite of assholes. They're, like, ass-points.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 12:58 pm
by GORDON
Leisher wrote:Maybe wasps aren't as big of assholes as we believe?
Maybe every time a wasps stings you is because it sensed a melanoma on your skin and it just saved your life and wasps just can't understand why we hate them so much when all they want to do is help.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 2:28 pm
by Leisher
GORDON wrote:Leisher wrote:Maybe wasps aren't as big of assholes as we believe?
Maybe every time a wasps stings you is because it sensed a melanoma on your skin and it just saved your life and wasps just can't understand why we hate them so much when all they want to do is help.
This is a brilliant theory.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 2:41 pm
by Malcolm
Leisher wrote:GORDON wrote:Leisher wrote:Maybe wasps aren't as big of assholes as we believe?
Maybe every time a wasps stings you is because it sensed a melanoma on your skin and it just saved your life and wasps just can't understand why we hate them so much when all they want to do is help.
This is a brilliant theory.
The species that reproduces by zombifying other species and having the young cannibalize them? Oh yeah, nothing but benevolence coming from those things.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 2:57 pm
by Leisher
Who do they zombify? Scorpions right?
Just saving more lives...
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 3:00 pm
by Malcolm
Leisher wrote:Who do they zombify? Scorpions right?
Just saving more lives...
I don't think they fuck with scorpions. Spiders, ants, other wasps, and a host of other insect species.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 3:03 pm
by Leisher
So again, they're fighting our natural enemies.
The wasp might be the most misunderstood creature on the planet.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 3:17 pm
by Malcolm
Leisher wrote:So again, they're fighting our natural enemies.
The wasp might be the most misunderstood creature on the planet.
Spiders kill more things that annoy you than wasps, in far greater quantities. Cats kill mice but cats are still assholes.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 3:22 pm
by Leisher
Shut up with your hate speech, you anti-Waspite.