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| 15 Nov 2011 07:05 PM |
It's called 'gene therapy'. Gene therapy is the insertion, alteration, or removal of genes within an individual's cells and biological tissues to treat disease. It is a technique for correcting defective genes that are responsible for disease development. If you take a gene and insert it into somebody, the gene that causes that disease will be replaced by a better gene. The genes in our DNA are coded by 4 letters, A,T,C and G.
For example, if genes A and C are together, and that causes a disease in a person, let's say sickle cell disease. That combo of the A and C genes tell the cells to reproduce, but take the form of a sickle. If another gene is put in the place of A or C in their combination, the new genes will "format" the DNA into "telling" the cell to take the form of a regular cell.
If you don't believe me, look up Doctor Gero Hütter, and his cure that he found for AIDS. It has been successful in the past before, many times. |
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duedad202
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| 15 Nov 2011 07:06 PM |
And we should care... why?
WE ARE OT
NOT DOCTORS |
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kyrospawn
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| 15 Nov 2011 07:06 PM |
Of course we can rearrange DNA for single cells. But Cancer spreads quickly, fixing one cell would leave many other cells cancerous. We cannot conduct gene therapy on such a large scale. |
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Vunro
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| 15 Nov 2011 07:07 PM |
| lol i will listen to that liberal propaganda lol |
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| 15 Nov 2011 07:07 PM |
| cancer is 200 different diseases |
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kyrospawn
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| 15 Nov 2011 07:08 PM |
@devil
Christians and other such religions would actually openly accept scientific advances such as these. It's only when we disprove things like abiogenesis or God when they get upset. |
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| 15 Nov 2011 07:10 PM |
Abiogenesis is true. Genesis is false. Abiogenesis is the chemical spontaneous formation of self-replicating strands out of amino-acids. Creationism is: "LOL GOD CRETED EVRYTHNG~" |
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fang13674
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| 15 Nov 2011 07:11 PM |
@due
I'm sure you'd care if genetic diseases, or any disease in general, was part of your life. And, I am an OTer, and I care.
@kyro That is true, but what if we start with new cells? Gene therapy is like taking complete control over your cells. If we can study it more, maybe we can "tell" clean cells to control the process of mitosis (cell reproduction), and even format the immune system to attack the cancer cells, the cancer cells wouldn't have the same DNA as the "treated cells". Although it might cause collatoral damage in the part of that body, the cancer would be 99.99% gone forever. Maybe it might reappear once, but in a level so small, it would be treated only by medication. |
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| 15 Nov 2011 07:13 PM |
@People talking about religion (what?)
Religious communities usually accept lots of scientifical facts, but they, like atheists and agnostics, form their own conclusions over something we don't know of, the origin of life. They ALL rely on theories. Unless one theory can defeat all theories, and become a scientifical law, all sides are wrong in a scientifical level. |
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| 15 Nov 2011 07:22 PM |
Now I understand what taht commercial for teh hospital is for. I UNDERSTAND THE SLOGAN NOW!
"Curing cancer everyday"- Some hospital
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| 15 Nov 2011 08:09 PM |
"Let thy food be thy medicine"-Hippocrates.
Instead of gene therapy, diet should be used to help slow down, stop, or even reverse disease. By eating a whole food, plant based diet, this can be accomplished easy. As it's been proven throughout many years, our body is simply not made to take in animal products and byproducts effectivley. This includes meats, poultry, fish, dairy, eggs, and other animal byproducts.
Take this for example...
Protien is the main source of energy used to rebuild our cells. Protien can be found in meats and dairy, but did you know they can be found in plant-based foods as well. The main protien found in milk, was actually found to speed up the process of cancer growth.
There is alot I can say here, but you're better off seeing the documentary "Forks over Knives". You should watch it. |
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| 15 Nov 2011 08:11 PM |
This is the best, Best, Best, Best post ever! I read everything! So cool!!!!
JUST KIDDING. ROFLCOPTER.
In other words, I don't care. |
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| 15 Nov 2011 08:15 PM |
@leet
I'm sure you'll care when the Stupid Cells in your brain build up on your buttocks. |
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| 15 Nov 2011 08:16 PM |
| u gonna get killed by us a goverment loo |
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9volt
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| 15 Nov 2011 08:18 PM |
The truth about OT
>Cure! >Propaganda! >Don't care! >Religion! >Stereotypes >Flaming >PROFIT |
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| 15 Nov 2011 08:25 PM |
Nice copy+paste from Wikipedia or something ^o^
No. Gene therapy is better off used for Sickle Cell Anemia and stuff. AIDS can be treated, but not cured, understand what I'm saying? AIDS will exist in your body, however the virus won't be active. That means you constantly have to have treatment for your body to fully function properly without the disease. Also, this relates to the controversial stem cell and the researching, which I won't bother to go into.
For cancer, it's dangerous. The vectors for the virus could go wrong, as they could infect the cancer calls AND the healthy cells. Not very good at all. This relates to chemotherapy, except chemotherapy is more widely accepted and trustworthy since it literally just kills all your cells.
Besides, gene therapy was designed to eliminate genetic disorders such as Huntington's Disease. |
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