Cancer - Are they in it for the money?

midget_pro · 03-31-2014, 04:15 AM

it's not just cancer its std's the population would rise if they where cured
if you want to talk money religion is a huge profit maker and its tax free

Hellborn · 03-31-2014, 04:21 AM

Cannabis oil cures Cancer.

dopest · 03-31-2014, 05:13 AM

Personally, I don't think they're in it for the money.
Yeah, there's some cures for cancer, but they might not be the safest.
Cancer is a huge problem, however much it costs I'm cool with.
All the research and trials they have done, the price is pretty understandable. (Considering how long they've been studying it)

Oni · 03-31-2014, 06:58 AM

(03-31-2014, 05:13 AM)dopest Wrote: Personally, I don't think they're in it for the money.
Yeah, there's some cures for cancer, but they might not be the safest.
Cancer is a huge problem, however much it costs I'm cool with.
All the research and trials they have done, the price is pretty understandable. (Considering how long they've been studying it)

Cures? Maybe undiscovered one. To date, there has been no documented cure. However, there are treatments.

(03-30-2014, 03:24 PM)w00t Wrote: Yes, we need people to die, but if medicine were purely money motivated, they would make considerably more off you if you were kept alive to the point that multiple organs started just failing.

This is also a hotly debated ethical issue. Should we let older people die to avoid overpopulation? Or should we treat them exactly as we treat other groups of people?

Me personally, I have a DNR order on record, as I have no dependents and am already fairly content with my life.

You should totally put me in your will. Tongue

w00t · 03-31-2014, 07:32 AM

All of my assets, after paying for dying costs, are to be donated in equal parts to the Wounded Warrior Project, the Electronic Frontier Fondation, and the American Red Cross.

No, cannabis oil doesn't cure cancer. I would bother to prove you wrong, but my instincts tell me any debate is futile.

dopest · 03-31-2014, 04:25 PM

(03-31-2014, 06:58 AM)Oni Wrote: Cures? Maybe undiscovered one. To date, there has been no documented cure. However, there are treatments.

You should totally put me in your will.

This might sound really stupid, but we were talking about stem cells in biology. You think they could maybe be used as a treatment in someway? Or are they primarily for the recovery of lost body parts?

lux · 03-31-2014, 04:28 PM

(03-31-2014, 04:25 PM)dopest Wrote: This might sound really stupid, but we were talking about stem cells in biology. You think they could maybe be used as a treatment in someway? Or are they primarily for the recovery of lost body parts?

You could technically reproduce the cancerous organ and replace it. But then again we can technically decompose the molecular structure of rubbish and make it into diamond.

w00t · 03-31-2014, 05:25 PM

(03-31-2014, 04:25 PM)dopest Wrote: This might sound really stupid, but we were talking about stem cells in biology. You think they could maybe be used as a treatment in someway? Or are they primarily for the recovery of lost body parts?

Kiiind of. The killer part of cancer isn't a lack of new cells, it's the exact opposite.

dopest · 03-31-2014, 05:49 PM

(03-31-2014, 05:25 PM)w00t Wrote: Kiiind of. The killer part of cancer isn't a lack of new cells, it's the exact opposite.

Ah, gotcha. My bad.

Oni · 03-31-2014, 06:59 PM

(03-31-2014, 05:25 PM)w00t Wrote: Kiiind of. The killer part of cancer isn't a lack of new cells, it's the exact opposite.

Yeah, it's an overgrowth of cells.