Comments on: Nanoscale capsule kills cancer cells without harming healthy cells

By: dlr

dlr — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:11:42 +0000

This is a pathetically inadequate article. Why/how do the shells ‘degrade harmlessly in non-cancerous cells’?

By: Aaron Wright

Aaron Wright — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:58:26 +0000

A doctor once explained to me that the problem with allowing people to experience more risk for a possible cure is that too many patients want to jump right in to the “possible cure” without trying other things first. They don’t fully understand the risks involved with experimental treatments. We see this in other areas like when patients ask for antibiotics for a viral infection, and the doc gives it to them to make them happy (contributing to antibiotic resistance). While I agree that the FDA process should speed up, we also need doctors willing to say no to patients.

By: Minhaj Arifin, Author How Desis Became the Greatest Nation on Earth

Minhaj Arifin, Author How Desis Became the Greatest Nation on Earth — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 04:24:31 +0000

well said. We need to make this happen.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:27:10 +0000

That’s always been a stark contrast….it’s always wonderful to read articles like these, but you walk in the doctor’s office, and nothing seems any different then it was decades ago. All the innovations in the world won’t matter if they aren’t available for patients to actually use.

By: MikeB

MikeB — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:35:49 +0000

So … there’s two stories here, right, the protein and the delivery shell. How well does the shell survive the immune system? How long does biodegradation take and can it be controlled? What remains after degradation and what are the properties of those remnants? What are the ramifications If the shell degrades before delivery and the protein is released outside the shell? When those questions and more are answered, then the technique should be implemented widely … until then lets let the process unfold. Sometimes the answer is ‘No, not yet.’ and it really is better for all concerned.

By: melajara

melajara — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:05:31 +0000

Exactly, and the so called FDA “fast track” has to be speeded up. If the nation were in war, facing a pandemic, solutions would be found illico, but indeed there is a war, a war against cancer. Do you remember Nixon’s War on Cancer declaration? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Cancer) Gosh, this was 41 years ago!

By: Bri

Bri — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:02:32 +0000

I agree with the sentiment of this post. Many of us have called out for a streamlining of the approval process( brings new meaning to ” awaiting approval”). I’m sure there would be thousands of not millions of terminally ill cancer patients that would be willing to subject themselves to higher levels of risk.

By: beatriz valdes

beatriz valdes — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:02:05 +0000

When available to patients? Scientists must find a way to move the whole process from discovery to availability much faster. Use the supercomputers, the robots, all the technology available: and government should fund promising enterprises, such as this. Not a patient cancer, TG but can empathize with sick people, desperate for these cures!

By: JC

JC — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:14:20 +0000

Were you able to tell what feature of the cancer cell causes the protein to “selectively accumulate in the nucleus” ?