Comments on: Fighting BRCA Linked Cancer – PARP Inhibition http://rk.md/2009/fighting-brca-linked-cancer-parp-inhibition/ -- welcome to the life of a tech-savvy medical student -- Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:09:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Oscar http://rk.md/2009/fighting-brca-linked-cancer-parp-inhibition/#comment-9477 Oscar Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:38:29 +0000 http://rk.md/?p=1579#comment-9477 Lol! You a psychic or something? Dr. Hopp can probably vouch for the fact that I also implied a couple of times that nanobots floating inside your body can do as you mention and also unclog heart arteries due to atherosclerosis. Unfortunately, when she would go on conferences, experts would say nanotechnology is still a bit far into the future to be therapeutic... :( Lol! You a psychic or something? Dr. Hopp can probably vouch for the fact that I also implied a couple of times that nanobots floating inside your body can do as you mention and also unclog heart arteries due to atherosclerosis. Unfortunately, when she would go on conferences, experts would say nanotechnology is still a bit far into the future to be therapeutic… :(

]]> By: Rishi http://rk.md/2009/fighting-brca-linked-cancer-parp-inhibition/#comment-9476 Rishi Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:28:38 +0000 http://rk.md/?p=1579#comment-9476 I hope when Obama vows to "conquer cancer in our time", he understands that "conquer" doesn't necessarily equate to "cure." I think Watson hit the nail on the head. Eventully, most cancer patients will be able to coexist with their disease like diabetics and those with heart disease. Also, again off of Watson's quote, wouldn't it be cool to have nanorobots floating around the body measuring hormone levels, checking for rogue proteins, etc.? I guess that's another chapter for personalized medicine. :-) I hope when Obama vows to “conquer cancer in our time”, he understands that “conquer” doesn’t necessarily equate to “cure.” I think Watson hit the nail on the head. Eventully, most cancer patients will be able to coexist with their disease like diabetics and those with heart disease.

Also, again off of Watson’s quote, wouldn’t it be cool to have nanorobots floating around the body measuring hormone levels, checking for rogue proteins, etc.? I guess that’s another chapter for personalized medicine. :-)

]]> By: Oscar http://rk.md/2009/fighting-brca-linked-cancer-parp-inhibition/#comment-9475 Oscar Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:11:08 +0000 http://rk.md/?p=1579#comment-9475 Does Myriad Genetics still have a monopoly on genes BRCA1 and BRCA2? I remember James Watson ostracized them for not allowing academic researchers to try alternative testing with those genes, the harm of commerce married with science. It is mind boggling that woman's risk of breast cancer by age 70 jumps to nearly 80% due to a mutation of BRCA1 or BRCA2. Testing for mutations in this genes used to cost $2,700 a couple of years ago. It should be cheaper. If as you say, repair mechanisms are stopped and erroneous nucleotide sequences can be stopped from being inserted into the new strands, you are stopping cancer in its tracks. Sort of. That is good news buddy. "Over the next decade, a virtual armada of small-molecule and protein inhibitors will probably be ready to sail through the systems of cancer sufferers, thwarting blood vessel formation (angiogenesis) before tumors have a chance to become lethal. And if tumor growth can indeed be curtailed in this way, we may come to regard cancer as we do diabetes, as a disease that can be controlled rather than completely cured outright."- James Watson, DNA:The Secret of Life Does Myriad Genetics still have a monopoly on genes BRCA1 and BRCA2? I remember James Watson ostracized them for not allowing academic researchers to try alternative testing with those genes, the harm of commerce married with science. It is mind boggling that woman’s risk of breast cancer by age 70 jumps to nearly 80% due to a mutation of BRCA1 or BRCA2. Testing for mutations in this genes used to cost $2,700 a couple of years ago. It should be cheaper.

If as you say, repair mechanisms are stopped and erroneous nucleotide sequences can be stopped from being inserted into the new strands, you are stopping cancer in its tracks. Sort of. That is good news buddy.

“Over the next decade, a virtual armada of small-molecule and protein inhibitors will probably be ready to sail through the systems of cancer sufferers, thwarting blood vessel formation (angiogenesis) before tumors have a chance to become lethal. And if tumor growth can indeed be curtailed in this way, we may come to regard cancer as we do diabetes, as a disease that can be controlled rather than completely cured outright.”- James Watson, DNA:The Secret of Life

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