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From: Vic on 26 Jan 2010 19:57 "Road Glidin' Don" <d.langkd(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:ea8209e1-2e77-451d-8a2d-4b8fa794c886(a)h34g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... >> So this can be understood as very good news; an outcome as good as > could have been hoped for really. > I'm glad to hear the good news. Something to keep in mind though Don, no matter how glad all your friends are for you I bet your wife is the 'Gladys' :o).. Best regards, Vic
From: Datesfat Chicks on 26 Jan 2010 19:58 "Rob Kleinschmidt" <Rkleinsch1216128(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:70a0fc84-8a43-4de8-875f-1c0cb1fd973d(a)e25g2000yqh.googlegroups.com... > On Jan 26, 12:24 pm, "Datesfat Chicks" <datesfat.chi...(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Understanding the inner workings of cells is a tall order. >> >> "Telling" cancerous cells to stop doing what they're doing is also a tall >> order. > > You don't necessarily need a complete understanding though, > as long as you're able to produce a predictable result. Lots of > times, complete understanding comes way later than the observation > of a predictable experiment result. > > "I put a dollar in the vending machine, press this > button and lo and behold, a candy bar and a quarter > drop out of the various slots." > > No understanding of the mechanism is needed to produce > the desired result. You can often accomplish quite a bit > just by careful experimentation and observation of a > black box. You make a very good point. I'm reminded, of course, of Watson and Crick and the elicitation of the structure of DNA. Prior to that time people knew quite a bit about what happens when you mate your green pig with your orange pig, i.e. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Mendel Everyone knew there was a biochemical basis for heredity--just that nobody knew what it was or how it worked at the low level, until Watson and Crick did some good science. But the bottom line is this--and this is the point you were making--you can get amazingly far in pig mating without knowing anything about DNA. Still, I think there are limits to how far you can go in cancer research by trial and error. You need to have some understanding of what makes it past cell membranes and what doesn't and why and what might be affected in a cell by doing this and that. Without that knowledge, trying Drano against a tumor might make sense. For all I know it does make sense. Datesfat
From: Road Glidin' Don on 26 Jan 2010 22:56 On Jan 26, 8:50 pm, "Road Glidin' Don" <d.lan...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > there's no reason that should change, so long as my > strong immune system remains working as it is now. Oops. I meant to say, "...so long as my immune system..." (I didn't mean to infer it's because I have such a 'strong' one)
From: The Older Gentleman on 27 Jan 2010 02:17 Road Glidin' Don <d.langkd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > My family doctor's last words to me, before my leaving her office > today were, "Whatever you're doing, keep on doing it, because it's > working!" She is *very* pleased. Heh. I immediately interpreted that as: "Keep riding bikes" > > So, loosely translated, I shall interpret that instruction as meaning > I ought to keep putting at least 20K miles a year on my bikes! (if > not more). ;) And then I read this para :-)) -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: .p.jm. on 27 Jan 2010 07:45
On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:50:42 -0800 (PST), "Road Glidin' Don" <d.langkd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >"You could get to 80 years old before it comes back, for all we know", >is what she said. So, you've still got 6 months ? :-) >My family doctor's last words to me, before my leaving her office >today were, "Whatever you're doing, keep on doing it, because it's >working!" She is *very* pleased. > >So, loosely translated, I shall interpret that instruction as meaning >I ought to keep putting at least 20K miles a year on my bikes! (if >not more). ;) Gee, I thoguht it was a reference to SWMBO :-) -- Click here every day to feed an animal that needs you today !!! www.theanimalrescuesite.com/ Paul ( pjm @ pobox . com ) - remove spaces to email me 'Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.' 'With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.' HVAC/R program for Palm PDA's Free demo online at www.pmilligan.net/palm/ Free 'People finder' program now at www.pmilligan.net/finder.htm |