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Interesting. I'd think it'd be more because like someone up-thread stated, it's not about keeping abortion legal. It's about protecting a woman's right to choose what to do with her body.

Yeah I agree.

I'm debating whether or not to post something that could rial this thread up.

Sigh. OK.

I found this very cool, hope they get the funding to take this all the way.

Penn State Hershey may have found cancer-killing ..
Oct 07, 2011 6:44 AM EST
Scientists at Penn State Hershey Medical Center are having great success killing breast cancer cells in the lab. The researchers have discovered that there is a virus that kills breast cancer cells, all types of breast cancer cells, 100 percent of the time.

"I didn't believe it," said Dr. Craig Meyers, a cancer researcher at Penn State Hershey. "I thought our incubators broke down or the person doing the experiment did something wrong. So, we repeated it, and repeated it, and repeated it."

Each time, it worked. Researchers said the virus triggers breast cancer cells to turn on themselves and die. So far, it does no damage to healthy cells. It currently works in a tissue culture dish and in mice.

The next step, as soon as they get more funding, is human trials. With such promising results so far, you'd think money for the next step of research would be pouring in. Surprisingly, that is not the case.

"It's very frustrating," Meyers said. "I believe it's going to do something and that's what's frustrating: so many things get money with a lot less results than what we're getting."

Meyers wonders if he's been pigeon-holed as a cervical cancer researcher. He's worked on cervical cancer vaccines. He also says agencies may be more focused right now on funding personalized treatment - and there's the economy.

"There's a lot of desperation out there to find a cure and right now, because of the economy, there's very little funding for anything," he said.

Nonetheless, Penn State Hershey is increasing its efforts to find money to fund the research they believe in.

That will be a fun one for sure.

Make it!

I don't have a couple hours to devote right now haha. Maybe tomorrow or monday I might make one.

We already have had a thread about gay marriage? I don't even remember commenting.

EDIT- Never mind, not for this thread.

Shoot me a P.M. with it.

The gay marriage thread actually stayed pretty civil. Similar to this one.