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Wagamaga OP t1_jd9ype8 wrote

Reply to Phase 1 study: New medicine extends terminally-ill cancer patients' lives. Seventy percent of the patients who tested the medicine were stable after six weeks. Twelve continued the medication and were stable for 18 weeks. One woman took the medication for 17 months, and was stable for over two years by Wagamaga

NTNU has been responsible for the basic research. APIM Therapeutics has used the basic research to develop the medicine.

It has taken 18 years and more than EUR 20 million.

The medicine has now been tested on 20 cancer patients who were terminally ill. They had tried all available treatments, and as a last resort they opted to try a new option that was in the experimental stage.

Cancer stopped growing The trials took place in Australia, where there are clinics that specialize in testing new medicines.

The results are very promising and have been published in the journal Oncogene.

Seventy percent of the patients who tested the medicine were stable after six weeks. Twelve continued the medication and were stable for 18 weeks. One woman took the medication for 17 months, and was stable for over two years.

In other words, the cancer stopped growing.

The aim of the testing in Australia was not primarily to check whether the medicine worked, but rather to determine whether it was toxic to humans.

It certainly wasn't toxic.

The medicine has previously been shown to both keep cancer at bay and defeat it in laboratory and animal experiments.

Marit Otterlei is behind all the research. She is a professor of molecular medicine at NTNU

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-phase-medicine-terminally-ill-cancer-patients.html

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oakteaphone t1_jd9hh6i wrote

Reply to comment by CoronaryAssistance in Air pollutants have been confirmed to increase the risk of Alzheimer's dementia. Air pollutants enter the lungs through the respiratory tract and cause inflammation, which causes various diseases throughout the body, especially the inflammation of nerves when it reaches the brain. by Wagamaga

>some weird chemically induced psychosis.

Leaded gasoline?

Predicted or hypothesized to be [partially] responsible for all kinds of things, such as a rise of violent crime and the prevalence of serial killers.

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unicornpicnic t1_jd9gnzt wrote

Reply to New research finds when small talk becomes awkward, we are more likely to blame ourselves by chrisdh79

There are people who are the opposite and contribute pretty much nothing to a conversation but blame the awkwardness on other people. I wonder if it has to do with narcissism. Maybe they think they're so interesting that it can only be someone else's fault a conversation is boring, which makes them not learn how to be interesting.

It's weird talking to them, because they'll initiate or join in on a conversation, then act like what other people say is the lamest stuff ever, but they're even lamer because they contribute even less. I never talk to these people more than once.

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