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**MaickiP** · 12-05-2006, 09:16 AM

. . . the tumors might also be helpful in that if they remove and try to study which stems cells developed normally and which underwent uncontrolable cancerous replication, they might get a better clue as to the causes of cancer. Not only what things make a cell prone to it, but what signals are given that prompt the growth to begin....

Although the funding is specifically for finding an antidote for Parkinson's, the medical community is sure to pursue this. The discovery of the underlying cause of cancer could conceivably be an accident, like Fleming's penicillin.

12-05-2006, 09:16 AM	#10
MaickiP Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 641 Senior Member	. . . the tumors might also be helpful in that if they remove and try to study which stems cells developed normally and which underwent uncontrolable cancerous replication, they might get a better clue as to the causes of cancer. Not only what things make a cell prone to it, but what signals are given that prompt the growth to begin.... Although the funding is specifically for finding an antidote for Parkinson's, the medical community is sure to pursue this. The discovery of the underlying cause of cancer could conceivably be an accident, like Fleming's penicillin.
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