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actsnoblemartin
06-29-2008, 10:21 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080629/ts_nm/cancer_nanoparticles_dc

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A drug developed using nanotechnology and a fungus that contaminated a lab experiment may be broadly effective against a range of cancers, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.

The drug, called lodamin, was improved in one of the last experiments overseen by Dr. Judah Folkman, a cancer researcher who died in January. Folkman pioneered the idea of angiogenesis therapy -- starving tumors by preventing them from growing blood supplies.

glockmail
06-30-2008, 05:11 AM
Penicillin was developed from an "accidental" mold. Why shouldn't God help cure cancer like he did to help out with infections?