Science Proven Wrong Once Again. Cancer Getting the Better of Scientists

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Nothing to see here folks. Just another article showing that even a "consensus" isn't exactly that.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20092929-10391704.html

(CBS) Cancer may be a lot more devious than researchers have realized. That's the word from a New York Times report that points to new cancer-contributing factors that may one day change how the disease is researched and treated.

For more than a decade, researchers were guided by principles outlined in a 2000 paper in the journal, Cell, called "The Hallmarks of Cancer." That paper detailed how a single cell evolved into a malignant tumor through a series of mutations that essentially allowed cancer to spread in a free-for-all to nearby tissue.

But new research may give some scientists pause. First, it was thought that only 2 percent of the entire human genome harbored cancer-causing genes. Now researchers think there are oncogenes lurking within the other 98 percent of the DNA which has long been considered "junk DNA."

That's not all. Scientists have also discovered that most of the protein-coding cells, the cogs of cancer, are tiny microorganisms living in the body that may be involved with colon, stomach, and esophagus cancers. The last of these theories pings microRNA as the culprit. Thought to be insignificant in the DNA-coding process, microRNA may sneakily mess with DNA coded for a healthy cell by intercepting and changing it entirely, tricking the cell it into turning cancerous.

Confused? You're not the only one.

But findings like these, presented at this past spring's American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Orlando, Fla., tweak the prevailing theories on how cancer spreads, which can signal a need for new treatments. Especially because so little is known about some of these new theories, including the microbes - which contain individual sets of DNA themselves - and seem to communicate with cells throughout the body.

"It's astonishing, really. There they are, sitting around and doing stuff, and most of it we don't really know or understand," Dr. Jeremy K. Nicholson, head of the department of surgery and cancer at Imperial College London, told the New York Times.

Dr. Harold Vamus, director of the National Cancer Institute, thinks cancer researchers should focus on these unexplained mysteries, since they may unlock cancer's secrets.

"In our rush to do the things that are really obvious to do, we're forgetting to pay attention to many unexplained phenomena," he told the Times.

More than 1.5 million American men and women will be diagnosed with some form of cancer this year, while another 570,000 die from the disease.

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So what.

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

How is this proving that "Science is wrong"?

If anything it proves that Science is flexible and adapts to new discoveries and updated understanding of the physical universe we inhabit.

I'm guessing that only someone who's religious beliefs are threatened by science would use articles like this to prove science is flawed. Now I don't have a problem with religious people but I'd like to have someone show me how the bible or any other religious doctrine has been updated to current times and understanding?

[The_Dude 1,142]

How is this proving that "Science is wrong"?

That is just Paul's brand of trolling.

Someone will report his baiting thread and Kathryn will change it to the actual title.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yeah sure, let's not have any respect for highly skilled professional scientists. I'm sure Paul would have much better luck curing cancer with his home chemistry set.

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I'm guessing that only someone who's religious beliefs are threatened by science would use articles like this to prove science is flawed. Now I don't have a problem with religious people but I'd like to have someone show me how the bible or any other religious doctrine has been updated to current times and understanding?

Well they have found a way to say that being gay is acceptable according to the bible. Never underestimate the power of religion.

[Zero Sum 305]

How is this proving that "Science is wrong"?

If anything it proves that Science is flexible and adapts to new discoveries and updated understanding of the physical universe we inhabit.

I'm guessing that only someone who's religious beliefs are threatened by science would use articles like this to prove science is flawed. Now I don't have a problem with religious people but I'd like to have someone show me how the bible or any other religious doctrine has been updated to current times and understanding?

Exactly. +1

Science allows for revising hypotheses from emerging evidence, something that all-knowing internet experts completely bomb out on time and again.

[The_Dude 1,142]

Well they have found a way to say that being gay is acceptable according to the bible. Never underestimate the power of religion.

Care to cite your references?

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Care to cite your references?

You think I'm making this up?

Edited August 17, 2011 by _Simpson_

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Edited August 17, 2011 by _Simpson_

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Mr. Director, your siggy freaks me out

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Just another article proving that scientist must take classes on communication with journalists and public. Unfortunately, journalists will not educate themselves and what they end up writing about science is usually so far from what they've been told abut particular research that they could have as well just made the whole story up.

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Mr. Director, your siggy freaks me out

[The_Dude 1,142]

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So a few European churches allow for gay marriage. I wonder if that is their choice, or if their refusal would open them up to lawsuits or regulatory issues.

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So a few European churches allow for gay marriage. I wonder if that is their choice, or if their refusal would open them up to lawsuits or regulatory issues.

There are churches here in the states too. I doubt its all about lawsuits, there is a market and the churches will meet the demand.