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mccormack44
Grande Dame
Posts: 3951 Joined: Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:45 pmLocation: Columbia, Missouri
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by mccormack44 Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:40 pm
Fortunately, we are now beginning to find DNA related cures for cancers.
daetara
Grammar Mistress
Posts: 902 Joined: Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:18 pmLocation: richmond, va
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by daetara Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:42 pm
unfortunately, it will be years before they are approved for use on humans.
blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease to be amused.
voralfred
Carpal Tunnel Victim
Posts: 5817 Joined: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:53 amLocation: Paris
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by voralfred Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:40 pm
Fortunately, many more standard medical advances in various directions (better tolerated radio/chemotherapies, for instance) may keep many cancer afflicted people alive long enough for these new revolutionary cures to become available to them.
Human is as human does....Animals don't weep, Nine
voralfred
Carpal Tunnel Victim
Posts: 5817 Joined: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:53 amLocation: Paris
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by voralfred Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:44 pm
Unfortunately, ze
froggie
commeettuhd uh seerioos postuh, wennuh wattuh wazzuh exuhpeckuhted wazzuh uh zhokuh.
Human is as human does....Animals don't weep, Nine
laurie
Spelling Mistress
Posts: 8164 Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:52 amLocation: The part of New York where "flurries" means 2 feet of snow to shovel
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by laurie Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:58 pm
Fortunately, we will forgive ze froggie....once.
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Archaic
Scribe
Posts: 215 Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:56 pm
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by Archaic Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:11 pm
Unfortunately, not twice.
daetara
Grammar Mistress
Posts: 902 Joined: Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:18 pmLocation: richmond, va
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by daetara Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:01 pm
fortunately, it probably won't be a problem...ze froggie learns fast.
blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease to be amused.
Hunter B
Buster
Posts: 7461 Joined: Fri May 21, 2004 11:12 pmLocation: Cypress, CA
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by Hunter B Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:07 pm
Unfortunately, maybe not fast enough.
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
Archaic
Scribe
Posts: 215 Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:56 pm
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by Archaic Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:14 pm
Fortunately, it may have super powers
Hunter B
Buster
Posts: 7461 Joined: Fri May 21, 2004 11:12 pmLocation: Cypress, CA
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by Hunter B Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:18 pm
Unfortunately, there's always weaknesses.
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
Archaic
Scribe
Posts: 215 Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:56 pm
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by Archaic Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:19 pm
Fortunately, some weaknesses can be overcome.
Hunter B
Buster
Posts: 7461 Joined: Fri May 21, 2004 11:12 pmLocation: Cypress, CA
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by Hunter B Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:24 pm
Unfortunately, some can't be.
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
mccormack44
Grande Dame
Posts: 3951 Joined: Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:45 pmLocation: Columbia, Missouri
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by mccormack44 Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:52 pm
Fortunately, super powers always win (in comic books)
voralfred
Carpal Tunnel Victim
Posts: 5817 Joined: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:53 amLocation: Paris
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by voralfred Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:32 am
Unfortunately, this is not a comic book.
Human is as human does....Animals don't weep, Nine
Hunter B
Buster
Posts: 7461 Joined: Fri May 21, 2004 11:12 pmLocation: Cypress, CA
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by Hunter B Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:46 pm
Fortunately, things happen outside comic books as well.
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
Archaic
Scribe
Posts: 215 Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:56 pm
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by Archaic Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:05 pm
Unfortunately, there are no superheroes outside of comics books to save us.
Hunter B
Buster
Posts: 7461 Joined: Fri May 21, 2004 11:12 pmLocation: Cypress, CA
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by Hunter B Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:28 pm
Fortunately, my argument still stands. (and is still valid at that!)
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
Archaic
Scribe
Posts: 215 Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:56 pm
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by Archaic Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:30 pm
Unfortunately, I have run out of things to say
laurie
Spelling Mistress
Posts: 8164 Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:52 amLocation: The part of New York where "flurries" means 2 feet of snow to shovel
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by laurie Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:40 pm
Fortunately, I haven't.
/passes copy of
B***s***ting For Dummies to Archaic.
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
mccormack44
Grande Dame
Posts: 3951 Joined: Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:45 pmLocation: Columbia, Missouri
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by mccormack44 Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:58 pm
Unfortunately, some comments have a bite to them.
Hunter B
Buster
Posts: 7461 Joined: Fri May 21, 2004 11:12 pmLocation: Cypress, CA
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by Hunter B Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:12 pm
Fortunately, some only have a slight prick.
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
Archaic
Scribe
Posts: 215 Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:56 pm
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by Archaic Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:21 pm
Unfortunately, some of those pricks may cause pain.
Hunter B
Buster
Posts: 7461 Joined: Fri May 21, 2004 11:12 pmLocation: Cypress, CA
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by Hunter B Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:39 pm
Fortunately, it may be no worse than a tetanus shot.
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
Archaic
Scribe
Posts: 215 Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:56 pm
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by Archaic Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:43 pm
Unfortunately, Tetanus Shots hurt
voralfred
Carpal Tunnel Victim
Posts: 5817 Joined: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:53 amLocation: Paris
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by voralfred Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:57 pm
Fortunately, less than Tetanus itself
Human is as human does....Animals don't weep, Nine
froggie 
commeettuhd uh seerioos postuh, wennuh wattuh wazzuh exuhpeckuhted wazzuh uh zhokuh. 
