Comments on: The cow is out of the barn and she’s reading her gene journal http://genomeboy.com/2008/02/08/the-cow-is-out-of-the-barn-and-shes-reading-her-gene-journal/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:28:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Steve Murphy MD http://genomeboy.com/2008/02/08/the-cow-is-out-of-the-barn-and-shes-reading-her-gene-journal/#comment-826 Steve Murphy MD Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:26:45 +0000 http://genomeboy.com/2008/02/08/the-cow-is-out-of-the-barn-and-shes-reading-her-gene-journal/#comment-826 Love the article. -Steve Love the article.
-Steve

]]> By: misha http://genomeboy.com/2008/02/08/the-cow-is-out-of-the-barn-and-shes-reading-her-gene-journal/#comment-821 misha Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:28:09 +0000 http://genomeboy.com/2008/02/08/the-cow-is-out-of-the-barn-and-shes-reading-her-gene-journal/#comment-821 The best coverage of this was in New Scientist, 28 March 2007 in stories by Linda Geddes. It's subscription only I think (I can't always tell with NS--it's irritating) but worth hunting down: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19325973.800-cancer-therapy-when-all-else-fails.html The best coverage of this was in New Scientist, 28 March 2007 in stories by Linda Geddes. It’s subscription only I think (I can’t always tell with NS–it’s irritating) but worth hunting down:

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19325973.800-cancer-therapy-when-all-else-fails.html

]]> By: Jason Bobe http://genomeboy.com/2008/02/08/the-cow-is-out-of-the-barn-and-shes-reading-her-gene-journal/#comment-820 Jason Bobe Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:52:30 +0000 http://genomeboy.com/2008/02/08/the-cow-is-out-of-the-barn-and-shes-reading-her-gene-journal/#comment-820 Quote: "Last year, a group of Canadian researchers announced that a common laboratory chemical could shrink tumors in rats. Within weeks, cancer patients were buying the chemical, purifying it to pharmaceutical grade, injecting themselves with it and comparing results with each other online." I had not heard of this...send me a reference if possible. I have heard of HIV patients enrolled in clinical trials all getting together, mixing their pills in communitarian fashion, so everyone got a portion of the therapeutic drug and nobody would be left holding the bag with the placebo. Jason Quote:

“Last year, a group of Canadian researchers announced that a common laboratory chemical could shrink tumors in rats. Within weeks, cancer patients were buying the chemical, purifying it to pharmaceutical grade, injecting themselves with it and comparing results with each other online.”

I had not heard of this…send me a reference if possible. I have heard of HIV patients enrolled in clinical trials all getting together, mixing their pills in communitarian fashion, so everyone got a portion of the therapeutic drug and nobody would be left holding the bag with the placebo.

Jason

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