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Re: Dean Kamen Won't Be Satisfied Until He Reinvents Us All- Popsci Article
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Originally Posted by JesseK
glowing chemicals in jelly fish
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I actually hosted a discussion with someone who does similar research last week. It is not the glowing chemicals but genetically modified animals that exhibit the same genes that cause the jelly fish to glow. Surprinsingly this was actually in the news recently:
http://www.reuters.com/article/lates.../idUSN27194737
I think the main problem is that if you were to do really good reporting on an issue you would spend over an hour talking about a signle topic. There are multiple types of cancer treatments being researched at the same time. If you are going to mention cancer treatments you might as well go into detail about the ones that for all intents and purposes use absolutely no drugs. Yes there are theoretical cancer treatments that technically use no drugs. You end up burning the cancer out with a combination of gold nanoparticles and a laser tuned to the optical window of the human body. Also, most news reporters have no science background and have a complete and utter lack of ability to distingusih legitimate science from hype and fraud.
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Last edited by Adam Y. : 08-06-2009 at 09:49.
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