Tux of Borg Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 http://www.azonano.com/nanotechnology-vide...s.asp?VidID=226 Curing Cancer: IT-101 Nanoparticle Drug for Cancer Treatment Ten years ago, Mark Davis was a chemical engineer with a successful career-until his wife Mary was diagnosed with breast cancer. Mary described her treatments as so unbearable that "she wanted to die." She turned to Mark and said, "there's got to be a better way-you can fix this." Mark felt like saying, "But I don't know squat about cancer." Instead, he immersed himself in a new field. Ten years later, Ray Natha, a pancreatic cancer patient with 3 months to live, agrees to be the first subject to be treated with IT-101, the nanoparticle drug Davis engineered. But will it work? And if it does, what are the implications for cancer treatment as we know it? The video is kind of lengthy but it's worth the watch. Davis created a nanoparticle drug that stopped cancer from growing and didn't have any side effects (like chemotherapy does). He is now in phase II of testing and hopes to have his drug FDA approved in 3 to 7 years. EDIT: 14:45 point of the video talks about how the drug works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 He is now in phase II of testing and hopes to have his drug FDA approved in 3 to 7 years. the FDA I recently lost my mom to Cancer. Several "testing phase" treatments were known to my parents and they volunteered to undergo the treatments, said they would sign any waiver, etc Nope, the 'ing FDA said can't do human trials yet. I ask what's the worst that could have happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 the FDA I recently lost my mom to Cancer. Several "testing phase" treatments were known to my parents and they volunteered to undergo the treatments, said they would sign any waiver, etc Nope, the 'ing FDA said can't do human trials yet. I ask what's the worst that could have happened? Welcome to "For Profit" government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 the FDA I recently lost my mom to Cancer. Several "testing phase" treatments were known to my parents and they volunteered to undergo the treatments, said they would sign any waiver, etc Nope, the 'ing FDA said can't do human trials yet. I ask what's the worst that could have happened? Sorry about your loss- my dad has cancer as well....its horrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 the FDA I recently lost my mom to Cancer. Several "testing phase" treatments were known to my parents and they volunteered to undergo the treatments, said they would sign any waiver, etc Nope, the 'ing FDA said can't do human trials yet. I ask what's the worst that could have happened? I second this. There should be a blanket waiver to anyone at Stage 4 or beyond, if they agree. As if giving someone chemo is more humane. Ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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