For what it's worth: cancer cure announced

**Adrian II** · 06-29-2009, 23:06

MELBOURNE: Specially designed 'minicells' successfully target and kill cancer cells – the new technology has the "potential to deliver drugs that were considered undeliverable," scientists say.

In mice seeded with human tumours, then treated with this new technique, the recovery rate was 100%. In the next few months, EnGeneIc will recruit 20 long-term cancer patients for a phase one safety trial at three Melbourne hospitals.

The study, by Jennifer MacDiarmid and Himanshu Brahmbhatt of EnGeneIC, a privately held Australian bioscience company founded in 2001, is the cover story of the July issue of Nature Biotechnology.

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Rejoice? Grain of salt? Booh?

Discuss.

**Adrian II** · 06-29-2009, 23:11

Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube

Wow. If true, this could be the best thing to happen in our generation. And that's no understatement.

Aye! But... where's the catch?

**Proletariat** · 06-29-2009, 23:14

Catch? What possible catch? This is cause for a celebratory smoke.

**Adrian II** · 06-29-2009, 23:16

Originally Posted by Proletariat

Catch? What possible catch? This is cause for a celebratory smoke.

Lol!

Hold your Camels though, there must be a catch somewhere. This is far too good to be true.

**Papewaio** · 06-29-2009, 23:16

Economy Growing, Check.

Socceroos through to the World Cup, Check.

Another Australian Cancer Cure, Check.

The catch is we get to die of something else.

**Adrian II** · 06-29-2009, 23:18

Originally Posted by Papewaio

Economy Growing, Check.

Socceroos through to the World Cup, Check.

Another Australian Cancer Cure, Check.

The catch is we get to die of something else.

I want to die in bed, and I don't mean in my sleep if I may be so blunt.

**Papewaio** · 06-29-2009, 23:25

I saw heaven in her eyes as my body left the mortal coil.

Petite and large death in one.

**Hosakawa Tito** · 06-29-2009, 23:25

Sounds promising. I hope this works in humans too, guess time will tell.

I want to die in bed, and I don't mean in my sleep if I may be so blunt.

Heck, be adventurous. Have her tie you up in a chair while you call her dirty names and....oops, already been done.

**Rhyfelwyr** · 06-29-2009, 23:29

Shouldn't this be around the news a bit more if it is as big as it sounds?

**Xiahou** · 06-29-2009, 23:48

Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito

Sounds promising. I hope this works in humans too, guess time will tell.

That's the catch of course. A treatment working on mice is far from a guarantee that it will work the same in humans.

It sounds promising- but let's see what happens in the human trials.