Do you think there are cures for most diseases??

[badgirl]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

I'm guessing that Gesture involved his limp wrist banging off his chest as he says 'hrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr hhhhhrrrrrrrrrrrrr'

No, it was hands in the air jesture.

Whatever it was it pissed me off at the time, I couldn't even explain what I was thinking he was being so loud

[Skip Towne]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

did it ever occur to you, that manipulating Virus' and cellular changes(I'm not talking about your barbi phone either) are more complicated than turning Gas mixtures into enough force to lift an inannimate object into the atmosphere?

If Madagascar developed the Cure for cancer, don't you think TWA would Open a couple of more flights per day there? Its not like you can't be anywhere in the world in 2 days....

Stumpy is losing brain cells just debating this with you. He should punch you in the Gooch.

Hey!! She provides us with a lot of entertainment.

[Saulbadguy]

What is so great about sliced bread, anyways?

[badgirl]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

What is so great about sliced bread, anyways?

WHAT!!!!

[Pants]

Originally Posted by badgirl

WHAT!!!!

Obviously you've never had real bread.

[Baby Lee]

If bg HAS stumbled across a point, it's that pharmaceutical research could be skewed towards long term palliative drugs [that create a long time customer] over curative measures [that create a one-time customer].
But to suggest any curative measures have been squelched is . . . misguided.

[badgirl]

Originally Posted by Metrolike

Obviously you've never had real bread.

yes I have, but what does it have to do with the cure for diseases?

[Pants]

Originally Posted by badgirl

yes I have, but what does it have to do with the cure for diseases?

Sliced bread sucks.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by badgirl

yes I have, but what does it have to do with the cure for diseases?

About as much as the space program has to do with medical research.

Please tell me that you're presently under the influence of some kind of mind-altering chemicals...

[cdcox]

I do research on applying engineering principals to understanding biology at the genetic level. I am not an expert in molecular biology per se, but I've seen enough to know how complex these biological systems are and how very little we know about them.

Suppose you were an alien from another planet and wanted to learn about human civilization. You chose to study NYC. Well, our progress so far (sequencing the human genome) is that we have the white pages telephone book for NYC. We know peoples addresses and telephone numbers. We also have a map that shows where addresses are located. In a few cases we know what is going on at an address because we know what a florist is, what a doctor is, and what a deli is, etc. This is called gene annotation. But other things we aren't as sure about. For example is Barnes and Smith a law office, accountants, or an engineering firm? To really understand things we need to know which individuals work at which jobs. Not much clue at all here, the white pages just doesn't tell us that. Now to cure a disease, we need to know why Bob was late for his dinner date with Sally. How in the heck are you going to figure that out from the white pages, if you have zero other knowledge of human beings? In other words, we have a long way to go.

Cures may be found for many diseases in the next 30 years, but there are no hidden cures for diseases, with the possible exception of biological warefare agents, of which I have zero specific knowledge. At least in that case someone would have a rational (if immoral) reason for keeping the cure silent.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by cdcox

I do research on applying engineering principals to understanding biology at the genetic level. I am not an expert in molecular biology per se, but I've seen enough to know how complex these biological systems are and how very little we know about them.

Suppose you were an alien from another planet and wanted to learn about human civilization. You chose to study NYC. Well, our progress so far (sequencing the human genome) is that we have the white pages telephone book for NYC. We know peoples addresses and telephone numbers. We also have a map that shows where addresses are located. In a few cases we know what is going on at an address because we know what a florist is, what a doctor is, and what a deli is, etc. This is called gene annotation. But other things we aren't as sure about. For example is Barnes and Smith a law office, accountants, or an engineering firm? To really understand things we need to know which individuals work at which jobs. Not much clue at all here, the white pages just doesn't tell us that. Now to cure a disease, we need to know why Bob was late for his dinner date with Sally. How in the heck are you going to figure that out from the white pages, if you have zero other knowledge of human beings? In other words, we have a long way to go.

Cures may be found for many diseases in the next 30 years, but there are no hidden cures for diseases, with the possible exception of biological warefare agents, of which I have zero specific knowledge. At least in that case someone would have a rational (if immoral) reason for keeping the cure silent.

[bad girl]So. . . you're saying . . that the government hid the cure for cancer in THE YELLOW PAGES? . . .[/bg]

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by cdcox

I do research on applying engineering principals to understanding biology at the genetic level. I am not an expert in molecular biology per se, but I've seen enough to know how complex these biological systems are and how very little we know about them.

Suppose you were an alien from another planet and wanted to learn about human civilization. You chose to study NYC. Well, our progress so far (sequencing the human genome) is that we have the white pages telephone book for NYC. We know peoples addresses and telephone numbers. We also have a map that shows where addresses are located. In a few cases we know what is going on at an address because we know what a florist is, what a doctor is, and what a deli is, etc. This is called gene annotation. But other things we aren't as sure about. For example is Barnes and Smith a law office, accountants, or an engineering firm? To really understand things we need to know which individuals work at which jobs. Not much clue at all here, the white pages just doesn't tell us that. Now to cure a disease, we need to know why Bob was late for his dinner date with Sally. How in the heck are you going to figure that out from the white pages, if you have zero other knowledge of human beings? In other words, we have a long way to go.

Cures may be found for many diseases in the next 30 years, but there are no hidden cures for diseases, with the possible exception of biological warefare agents, of which I have zero specific knowledge. At least in that case someone would have a rational (if immoral) reason for keeping the cure silent.

Outstanding job of illustrating a very complex subject in clear, easy to undertand terms. I was looking to kill a few minutes and ended up learning somehting. Thank you.

[Saulbadguy]

Metrolike has the cure for cancer.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

Metrolike has the cure for cancer.

Yeah, but I ain't gonna produce it.

[badgirl]

Originally Posted by Metrolike

Yeah, but I ain't gonna produce it.

You guys would probably rather think there are aliens at Area 52 than to think there are cures for diseases.