Israeli scientists claim to have found cure for cancer

[hannob]

This is obviously quackery.

They made some experiments in mice. Now they claim they have a cure within a year.

(This is not my opinion, this is the opinion of people who know better than I do: https://twitter.com/MDankner/status/1090295041115983872 https://twitter.com/VPrasadMDMPH/status/1090283969378054144 )

[jyounker]

To support your point, twenty years I heard an oncological researcher say, "If you're a mouse, and you have cancer, we can cure you."

These days we have even more cancer cures for mice. Most of them do little to nothing when used in human beings.

[lazyjones]

> This is not my opinion, this is the opinion of people who know better than I do

Knee-jerk reactions of Ph.D. students aren't really more convincing than the original article.

I'll wait for more information before making such strong claims as "obvious quackery".

[epaga]

From the actual article ( https://m.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/A-cure-for-cancer-Israeli... ):

"Morad said that so far, the company has concluded its first exploratory mice experiment, which inhibited human cancer cell growth and had no effect at all on healthy mice cells, in addition to several in-vitro trials. AEBi is on the cusp of beginning a round of clinical trials which could be completed within a few years and would make the treatment available in specific cases."

vs.

"We believe we will offer in a year’s time a complete cure for cancer."

Don't those two statements contradict each other?

[erlichmen]

I'm pretty sure that the researcher didn't come up with the headline, its journalism in the Trump age

[onion2k]

Cancer isn't just one thing; it's the general term for a whole bunch of different problems. Saying you have a cure is like saying you have a cure for "virus". Science just doesn't work like that.

[tom_mellior]

Mostly agreed, though from the handwaving in the article it seems that they claim that they can identify and exploit suitable receptors for any of the many cancers.

[guytv]

But there are some generic cures for "virus", see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiviral_drug

[colordrops]

Original article:

https://m.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/A-cure-for-cancer-Israeli...

[h4l0]

I was about to post the same link. Linked article by OP has close to no information, meanwhile original article is easily accessible anyway.

[ablation]

Linked article from the OP: https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENCE/A-cure-for-cancer-Israe...

More detail in that, but still nothing more than an interview with the the scientists who claim to have developed the "cure".

[vezycash]

Read this a few days ago through reddit. It sounded outlandish - like cryptocurrency ponzi promotion article.

That's why I didn't post it.

[johnsimer]

It would be ironic if an incredible invention like a cure to cancer went unoticed because everyone thought it was fake

[number6]

Kudos

[bariswheel]

I thought Reddit was finding cures for cancer on a periodic basis, is it going to be Hacker News after all?

[masonic]

Submitted 12 times previously.

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=cancer%20cure&sort=byDate&pref...

[Protostome]

Just a PR stunt... nothing to be concerned about. Cancer is here to stay for the foreseeable future.

[lanevorockz]

There were some attempts to reprogram virus to cure cancer but ethical concerns have stopped progress in this path.

Human made viruses can have significantly more impact than planned. If this cure works, I believe that people should be kept in quarentine until clear of the virus.

[make3]

reddit used to have at least one very confident claim of a full cure for cancer make it to the front page per week, which we would then never hear from again if course. I fear the same will be the case here

[garyclarke27]

Of course it sounds too good to be true, however I read the linked original article, which provides much more detail and - everything they say sounds plausible and coherent and most important is novel, they admit several years away, let’s hope they have discovered a genuine breakthrough. Medicine is very short on discoveries that actually make much difference to human health ie hygiene, vaccines, anti-biotics, anti-virals(more limited) - there has not been one for quite a long time, so the optimist in me says, maybe this is another - stem cell and telomerase based therapies also seem to me to be on the cusp of providing real benefits in dealing with the worst disease of all - aging.