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Nanotech Trojan Horse That Kills Cancer
An anonymous reader writes "University of Michigan scientists have created the nanotechnology equivalent of a Trojan horse to smuggle a powerful chemotherapeutic drug inside tumor cells - increasing the drug's cancer-killing activity and reducing its toxic side effects." From the article: "The drug delivery vehicle used by U-M scientists is a manmade polymer molecule called a dendrimer. Less than five nanometers in diameter, these dendrimers are small enough to slip through tiny openings in cell membranes. One nanometer equals one-billionth of a meter, which means it would take 100,000 nanometers lined up side-by-side to equal the diameter of a human hair."
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Trojans infect my system
Therefore Windows = Cancer
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It's supposed to be completely automatic, but actually you have to press this button.
One nanometer equals one-billionth of a meter, which means it would take 100,000 nanometers lined up side-by-side to equal the diameter of a human hair.
I'm sorry, but I just don't get it. How many of these suckers can I fit in a Library of Congress?
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it would take 100,000 nanometers lined up side-by-side to equal the diameter of a human hair.
Yeah, but you would never get that many in a row a one time. They are like cats!
Seriously, someone answer the monkey question for me. I am scared now.
Don't blame me, I voted for Cthulhu.
Are you more prone to being attacked by feral monkeys if you keep bananas in the house?
Seriously, someone answer the monkey question for me. I am scared now.
Well, when I was in Columbia, we had some fruit, including bananas that we picked up in Panama. The locals told us that we had to keep the fruit boxed up tight or the animals would come in and steal it. I didn't believe them though. I was sure it was the Incan gods that snuck in at night and stole all my baby swiss cheese from my backpack - and then pooped right in the middle of our table. Damn Incan gods.
The previous comment is purposely vague and generalized, but all of the facts are completely true.
You have to remember that a single cell is growing into an 8 pound lump of flesh, bone, etc in an approximately 9 month period. That's got most cancer growth rates beat by a longshot. And because folate is key for cell division, it is vital for mothers to keep their folate intake high to ensure the healthy and full development of their child.