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Posted by aem7ac on Sun Apr 22 11:41:10 2007, in response to Re: Date of Dante's Passing, posted by Scrabbleship on Sun Apr 22 00:22:57 2007. Cancer will probably not be cured in my lifetime or your lifetime. It is understood that cancer stems from uncontrolled growth of tumour cells. However it is not clear what causes this uncontrolled growth. There are several theories, some involving virus action, some involving cancer-causing chemicals that are present in the environment, and some involving certain genetics that makes it such that the impact of environmental stimuli is much more pronounced. Physicans know how to remove tumours, and to a point, stop them from coming back. However without a clear understanding of many factors that may cause an otherwise normal cell to turn cancerous, there probably won't be a way to reverse the process or prevent the process from starting. It'll take a long time to understand the process and therefore design a cure. Cancer is a much more complex problem than the single-agent diseases of yesteryear like TB or syphilis. It won't be solved anytime soon. If I were to make a bet, I'd say HIV would be solved before cancer is. HIV has a single causal agent that mutates easily. If technology can somehow disrupt the reproductive process to the point where a mutation cannot circumvent it, it'll be bye-bye to the immuine retroviruses. Cancer, on the other hand, isn't a single-agent ailment. AEM7AC |
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