This is amazing. It’s not quite penicillin, but it seems like the closest thing in my lifetime. http://www.bbc.com/news/health-32951892 …
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Replying to @asymmetricinfo
@asymmetricinfo This is important in itself and promising. But penicillin was a Star Trek-like miracle cure, not an extra year for 6 in 10.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mikeschiffer
@mikeschiffer I think that’s just when they stopped the trial, not necessarily full effect. But could be wrong.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @asymmetricinfo
@asymmetricinfo I hope you're right. Certainly this sounds much more dramatic than the usual "statistically significant, but..." results.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mikeschiffer
@mikeschiffer ugh, made an incorrect comment and deleted the wrong ID to boot. But this is the one I remember http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2015/04/17/stopped_for_efficacy_again.php …1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @mikeschiffer
@mikeschiffer Yeah. Seem to be a lot of breakthrough monoclonal antibody treatments all of a sudden. Article is tip of iceberg, knock wood.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@mikeschiffer I think the dream here is you biopsy the cancer, sequence it, and mix a custom cocktail of antibodies.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@mikeschiffer Or alternately edit and culture some white cells to do the job.
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