Comments on: Gold nanoparticle prostate cancer treatment found safe in dogs, MU study shows http://www.kurzweilai.net/gold-nanoparticle-prostate-cancer-treatment-found-safe-in-dogs-mu-study-shows Accelerating Intelligence Mon, 20 May 2013 17:15:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Brian Roberts http://www.kurzweilai.net/gold-nanoparticle-prostate-cancer-treatment-found-safe-in-dogs-mu-study-shows/comment-page-1#comment-43379 Brian Roberts Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:22:35 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=167249#comment-43379 Sounds a lot like what John Kanzius did. Sounds a lot like what John Kanzius did.

]]> By: Dave Sill http://www.kurzweilai.net/gold-nanoparticle-prostate-cancer-treatment-found-safe-in-dogs-mu-study-shows/comment-page-1#comment-43316 Dave Sill Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:50:47 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=167249#comment-43316 "This new treatment would require doses that are thousands of times smaller than chemotherapy and do not travel through the body inflicting damage to healthy areas." Firstly, the new treatment seems to be an alternative to radiotherapy, not chemotherapy. Chemotherapy doesn't rely on radioactivity. Secondly, the radioactive gold particles have to travel from the site of injection to the tumor, and those that don't hang out at the tumor will cirlate throughout the body. “This new treatment would require doses that are thousands of times smaller than chemotherapy and do not travel through the body inflicting damage to healthy areas.”

Firstly, the new treatment seems to be an alternative to radiotherapy, not chemotherapy. Chemotherapy doesn’t rely on radioactivity.

Secondly, the radioactive gold particles have to travel from the site of injection to the tumor, and those that don’t hang out at the tumor will cirlate throughout the body.

]]> By: PirateRo http://www.kurzweilai.net/gold-nanoparticle-prostate-cancer-treatment-found-safe-in-dogs-mu-study-shows/comment-page-1#comment-43264 PirateRo Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:07:26 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=167249#comment-43264 Wonderful news. Let's start human trials!!!! Get this on the fast track and let's save some lives! Wonderful news. Let’s start human trials!!!! Get this on the fast track and let’s save some lives!

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