|
#2982546 - 03/25/10 02:44 AM
Cancer killing nanobots tested on humans successfully.
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 11,575
Desert Eagle
Master of the Weird
|
Master of the Weird
Veteran
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 11,575
Portugal
|
http://gizmodo.com/5501103/this-is-the-future-of-the-fight-against-cancerLook close. You may be staring at the end of cancer. Those tiny black dots are nanobots delivering a lethal blow to a cancerous cell, effectively killing it. The first trial on humans have been a success, with no side-effects:
It sneaks in, evades the immune system, delivers the siRNA, and the disassembled components exit out.
Those are the words of Mark Davis, head of the research team that created the nanobot anti-cancer army at the California Institute of Technology. According to a study to be published in Nature, Davis' team has discovered a clean, safe way to deliver RNAi sequences to cancerous cells. RNAi (Ribonucleic acid interference) is a technique that attacks specific genes in malign cells, disabling functions inside and killing them.The 70-nanometer attack bots—made with two polymers and a protein that attaches to the cancerous cell's surface—carry a piece of RNA called small-interfering RNA (siRNA), which deactivates the production of a protein, starving the malign cell to death. Once it has delivered its lethal blow, the nanoparticle breaks down into tiny pieces that get eliminated by the body in the urine. The first step in the creation of the replicators has been taken. Now seriously, this a major medical breakthrough. The potential for this technology goes far beyond curing cancer.
©2010-oo All Your rights belong to Me
By reading this You acknowledge that Your body and soul, including all your worldly possessions, are now property of this poster. Any unauthorized use of them will be punished.
|
|
|
#2982548 - 03/25/10 02:48 AM
Re: Cancer killing nanobots tested on humans successfully.
[Re: Desert Eagle]
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 13,179
bisher
I'll be your Huckleberry
|
I'll be your Huckleberry
Veteran
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 13,179
Manitoba, Canada
|
|
|
|
#2982553 - 03/25/10 03:02 AM
Re: Cancer killing nanobots tested on humans successfully.
[Re: Blade_RJ]
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 11,252
Colt40Five
Polyatheist
|
Polyatheist
Veteran
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 11,252
Heart of Dixie
|
I wonder how rich you have to be to have your cancer cured? I mean all the people making money off of cancer now aren't gonna just give up that revenue stream without a fight right?
I have often pondered the ideas other have espoused that technology could in effect create two separate races of humans. The wealthy that could afford all the gene therapies to weed out disease and the nano-technology to repair and/or replace dying cells which would give them a life-span unheard of before (in the far future even possibly immortality). While the poor of the world continue to live and die as humans always have. And that the effect of this over time would be two separate species of human. One engineered and one evolved.
It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, or how smart you are, If it doesn't agree with experiment it is WRONG. ~Richard Feynman
|
|
|
#2982557 - 03/25/10 03:11 AM
Re: Cancer killing nanobots tested on humans successfully.
[Re: Colt40Five]
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 11,575
Desert Eagle
Master of the Weird
|
Master of the Weird
Veteran
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 11,575
Portugal
|
That's a very distinct possibility. But right now I'm more afraid of the possible uses as bioweapons. Imagine what would happen if a madman with delusions of genetic purity got hold of this technology and used it to kill those that don't fit his notion of racial perfection?
©2010-oo All Your rights belong to Me
By reading this You acknowledge that Your body and soul, including all your worldly possessions, are now property of this poster. Any unauthorized use of them will be punished.
|
|
|
#2982558 - 03/25/10 03:14 AM
Re: Cancer killing nanobots tested on humans successfully.
[Re: Desert Eagle]
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 19,794
adlabs6
Veteran
|
Veteran
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 19,794
Tracy Island
|
Instead of... "It was a dark and stormy night..."
It's... "Everyone had been raised to believe it would be the nukes..."
WARNING: This post contains opinions produced in a facility which also occasionally processes fact products.
|
|
|
#2982561 - 03/25/10 03:20 AM
Re: Cancer killing nanobots tested on humans successfully.
[Re: bisher]
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 11,252
Colt40Five
Polyatheist
|
Polyatheist
Veteran
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 11,252
Heart of Dixie
|
Well that'd make an interesting novel. Eloi and Morlocks man it's already been done lol
It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, or how smart you are, If it doesn't agree with experiment it is WRONG. ~Richard Feynman
|
|
|
#2982562 - 03/25/10 03:21 AM
Re: Cancer killing nanobots tested on humans successfully.
[Re: Desert Eagle]
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 11,252
Colt40Five
Polyatheist
|
Polyatheist
Veteran
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 11,252
Heart of Dixie
|
That's a very distinct possibility. But right now I'm more afraid of the possible uses as bioweapons. Imagine what would happen if a madman with delusions of genetic purity got hold of this technology and used it to kill those that don't fit his notion of racial perfection? Do some research on eugenics dude...the madmen have been trying for a long time...
It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, or how smart you are, If it doesn't agree with experiment it is WRONG. ~Richard Feynman
|
|
|
#2982563 - 03/25/10 03:21 AM
Re: Cancer killing nanobots tested on humans successfully.
[Re: Desert Eagle]
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 3,633
James McKenzie-Smith
Senior Member
|
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 3,633
Vancouver, BC, Canada
|
That's a very distinct possibility. But right now I'm more afraid of the possible uses as bioweapons. Imagine what would happen if a madman with delusions of genetic purity got hold of this technology and used it to kill those that don't fit his notion of racial perfection? Oh gosh, that would be awful. Even worse, what if someone figures out how to use airplanes as weapons?
|
|
|
#2982586 - 03/25/10 04:26 AM
Re: Cancer killing nanobots tested on humans successfully.
[Re: Crane Hunter]
|
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 19,581
Raw Kryptonite
Beat the Kobayashi Maru
|
Beat the Kobayashi Maru
Veteran
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 19,581
MS
|
This can't come soon enough.
·Steam: Raw Kryptonite ·MWO & Elite Dangerous: Defcon Won ·Meager youtube channel·Intel i5-9600K ·EVGA GTX1070 FTW 8GB ·EVGA CLC 120 Cooler ·16 GB Patriot Memory VIPER 4 3000MHz ·GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS PRO WiFi Mobo · CORSAIR CARBIDE AIR 540 case ·BenQ BL3200PT monitor
|
|
|
#2982588 - 03/25/10 04:31 AM
Re: Cancer killing nanobots tested on humans successfully.
[Re: Raw Kryptonite]
|
**DONOTDELETE**
Unregistered
|
JESC
Unregistered
|
I've been waiting for this for almost an eternity... now, all I'm waiting for is the official international news that cancer is curable using nanotech.
|
|
|
#2982633 - 03/25/10 10:49 AM
Re: Cancer killing nanobots tested on humans successfully.
[Re: Blade_RJ]
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 18,549
piper
Veteran
|
Veteran
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 18,549
Raleigh,NC
|
i see, so what will be the name for desease caused by widespread of tiny black dot killing cancer nanobots ? bot-flu, and the government will have vaccinations ready  Seriously, after seeing the effects of chemo first hand, this is very promising.
|
|
|
#2982639 - 03/25/10 11:16 AM
Re: Cancer killing nanobots tested on humans successfully.
[Re: AD]
|
**DONOTDELETE**
Unregistered
|
anon
Unregistered
|
YES! Now we can all start smoking again!
I'm off to find a list of all the bad stuff you do that gives you cancer ... and doing it. LOL
|
|
|
#2982641 - 03/25/10 11:21 AM
Re: Cancer killing nanobots tested on humans successfully.
[Re: AD]
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 9,156
Destructis
Hotshot
|
Hotshot
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 9,156
Anne Arundel County, MD
|
YES! Now we can all start smoking again!
I'm off to find a list of all the bad stuff you do that gives you cancer ... and doing it. So basically, you are going to start eating food and living again?
Life is tough. Life is tougher when you are stupid. - John Wayne
|
|
|
#2982677 - 03/25/10 12:45 PM
Re: Cancer killing nanobots tested on humans successfully.
[Re: Destructis]
|
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 802
Husar
Member
|
Member
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 802
NRW, Germany
|
I've seen a similar approach from Australia except that they used specially designed cells to deliver the RNA and some medication to the cells, at least it worked in rats or mice IIRC. True, a cure for cancer kills the cancer treatment industry, but that would allow these people to focus on other diseases that require treatment as well. When have we ever valued job security over human lives and innovation? And no, I wouldn't be afraid of nanobots if I already had a bunch of cells that would kill me anyway. Soon the nanobots that support my immune system will download a new virus definition every morning when I turn on my WLAN. 
Last edited by Husar; 03/25/10 01:00 PM.
|
|
|
#2982680 - 03/25/10 12:50 PM
Re: Cancer killing nanobots tested on humans successfully.
[Re: Husar]
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 198
Shelldrake
Member
|
Member
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 198
Halifax, NS, Canada
|
The problem with any targeted agents in cance therapy is that you have to selectively target cancer cells without causing collateral damage to healthy cells and tissues. With few exceptions this has been a very difficult obstacle to overcome outside of carefully controled laboratory studies.
So-called cancer stem cells that are now believed to be responsible for tumor recurrence are even more difficult to target.
AMD Phenom II X4 955BE @3.5 GHz
Zotac GTX 560 Ti OC 1GB
4 GB DDR3 RAM @1600MHz
XP Home SP3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exodus
by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
|
|
