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Cancer Fighting Drug Found in Dirt

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-shovel-a-day-keeps-the-doctor-away dept.

firesquirt writes "From an article in LiveScience, the bark of certain yew trees can yield a medicine that fights cancer. Now scientists find the dirt that yew trees grow in can supply the drug as well, suggesting a new way to commercially harvest the medicine."

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  1. Next headline... by wbren · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Pharmaceutical company patents dirt; Critics claim prior art"

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    -William Brendel
  2. In the greater scheme of things... by mudshark · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... it's not all about yew, after all. It's the dirt from whence yew came, and where yew shall ultimately return....

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    In other news, astrophysicists have announced that they now know what all that dark matter is: it's stupidity.
    1. Re:In the greater scheme of things... by mrogers · · Score: 3, Funny

      You're barking up the wrong tree.

  3. Wow by Tawg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now this is what i call a cancer Treetment.

  4. Cancer Fighting Drug Found in Dirt by Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 4, Funny

    *tch*

    The things people throw away these days...

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    Summation 2
  5. Well, there's a new one... by Khyber · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let the strip-mining operations to cure cancer begin!

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    Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.