Catching cancer at its earliest stages saves lives. But in a body made up of trillions of cells, how do you spot a small group of rogue cancer cells? Biomedical researcher Hani Goodarzi discusses his lab’s discovery of a new class of RNAs that, when paired with emerging AI tools, could help detect cancer earlier, more precisely and even through routine blood work — potentially transforming our understanding of the disease.
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@yomstarr
January 30, 2024 at 4:55 pm
Wow!
@scotthenrie5148
January 30, 2024 at 4:56 pm
Magnesium prevents cancer. The title for an article about that is: _”Magnesium Enables Immune Cells to Tackle Infections and Cancer”_
@asanta2023
January 30, 2024 at 6:04 pm
Really? How many milligrams?
@jasonsworld333
January 30, 2024 at 4:58 pm
Calm down Elisabeth
@user-nx7jmhgsdabiddhcxse
January 30, 2024 at 6:46 pm
Dorothy me calming down is your worst nightmare, your mother didnt prepare you for this nightmare
@SeedsofEcofrog
January 30, 2024 at 5:00 pm
We must never forget WHO coerced the children for use as shields to temporarily and marginally “protect” adults.
Thou shall not use pregnant women as Granny shields.
Risking the young to “save” the old is rotten to the core.
@SeedsofEcofrog
January 30, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Remember No jab No job..
@brittneybabeee4031
January 31, 2024 at 2:27 am
What about non vaccinated people who get cancer??
@nannybannany
January 30, 2024 at 5:03 pm
Cant we already? My SIL works for a company that produces cancer diagnostic products.
@tannhauser5399
February 1, 2024 at 5:39 am
Yeah we do. For a long time now. But it won’t come out in a basic, standard test – that is usually done very quickly.
You have to request a full blood test, or they will do it if there is suspicion of cancer, and is also usually done when doing something like a full body scan (CT, MRI and so on).
@zeitgeist888
January 30, 2024 at 5:05 pm
How is this different than the Grail Galleri test for 50 different cancers already available?
@islammohamed1441
January 30, 2024 at 5:53 pm
Grail: circulating tumour DNA
@Bibicatluka
January 31, 2024 at 9:21 pm
@@islammohamed1441which one is more accurate? Circulating DNA in blood or cancer-specific RNAs in the blood?
@jamman7344
January 30, 2024 at 5:05 pm
The concept of this topic is irrelevant and very stupid considering the fact that cancer has already been decoded and cured long ago. Back in 2000 I read an article from the ’90s of how they cure cancer do babies umbilical cord cells. The new sales created other new cells and completely abolished the cancer cells. I’m pretty sure they still use this method in some ways, but the fact is this people are not knowledgeable of it which can only mean that it has been washed the side purposely.
@2pacalypsenow
January 30, 2024 at 5:12 pm
Does anyone else think this is an older american version of Will from The Inbetweeners?
@DeeneMuada
January 30, 2024 at 5:14 pm
sarcosine is a marker
@AnyoneCanSee
January 30, 2024 at 5:24 pm
Theranos solved all of this years ago. I saw her TED talk. You just need a pinprick of blood and then you put it in the magical money laundering box and you can cure all known diseases.
@noveltyrobot
January 30, 2024 at 5:47 pm
Theranos vibes
@walkish
January 30, 2024 at 9:21 pm
Just because it involves blood tests doesn’t make it Theranos. It should be subject to scientific studies to try to falsify their claims like a normal medical innovation.
@neilbarry7991
January 31, 2024 at 12:13 pm
Fullyyyyy
@JeanHendrix-zl5hv
January 30, 2024 at 5:51 pm
What else will be advantageous and very helpful for the simple cure of cancer which is plain old baking soda!! Don’t believe me just look it up
@justicewatch4602
January 30, 2024 at 6:03 pm
What if we put more money in “nano surgery” so we could cut and repair problems at the microscopic level? Why not use “mechanical” drugs, and stop gambling with real drugs. They can “see” what’s happening in you body now, why not let the bots pinpoint the problems?
@exp8all
January 30, 2024 at 6:06 pm
Google “Theranos”…
@FratNightGaming
January 30, 2024 at 8:28 pm
well im afraid of blood tests so this not gone work out for me.
@jaspertuin2073
January 31, 2024 at 8:30 am
Why? I get that some people don’t like needles etc but if that is your barrier to receive (modern) medical treatment you wont be in for a good time I’m afraid. Blood is easy to get, you should be afraid for things like spinal fluid tests!
@FratNightGaming
January 31, 2024 at 9:05 am
@@jaspertuin2073 im joking. well i do pass out from blood tests
@tannhauser5399
February 1, 2024 at 5:41 am
@@FratNightGaming – If you are a man -> try pissing on the pregnancy test and see what happens.
If it is positive – there is quite large percentage of results, that would actually suggest that you may have a cancer. More detailed checkup is required of course, but as a fast quick test – that could be also a starting point to do (as some types of testicular cancer make human chorionic gonadotropin, or HCG – the same hormone women make during pregnancy).
But of course, at the end, you will need a full blood test to confirm it 100%.
@chetcalhoun613
January 31, 2024 at 12:27 am
So is there a way to use RNA/mRNA to reverse cancer growth?
@luciano61321
January 31, 2024 at 12:38 am
I don’t think detecting is the problem..the real problem is allowing the cure!!! And that, unfortunately will never..EVER..be allowed.
@asdf8948
January 31, 2024 at 1:59 am
There are companies that detect cancer with a blood sample very accurately, but they first need a tumor sample so they can create a fingerprint from it. Then they can see if the treatments are working or if the cancer is still there by sequencing the DNA from a blood sample because tumors release ctDNA into the blood stream.
@tannhauser5399
February 1, 2024 at 5:37 am
@asdf8948 – true, the detection of cancer, via blood sample, has been done for a long time now. If you do a full body scan, that woudl include full blood test, they can detect that.
Also maybe not a great shortcut, but in case of men… try pissing on the pregnancy test and see what happens. If it is positive – there is quite large percentage of results, that would actually suggest that you may have a cancer. More detailed checkup is required of course, but as a fast quick test – that could be also a starting point to do (as some types of testicular cancer make human chorionic gonadotropin, or HCG – the same hormone women make during pregnancy).
@sumittripathi3994
January 31, 2024 at 2:37 am
I think, this is more like promotional event and not making ourselves aware enough of cancer
@May-gr8bp
January 31, 2024 at 2:54 am
Great video.
@pauliberg3492
January 31, 2024 at 4:11 am
Thank you.
@Robis9267
January 31, 2024 at 6:41 am
Theranos vibes
@nihongo1
January 31, 2024 at 7:37 am
He’s explaining as if cancer is the ’cause’ of disease as supposed to being the result. As if cancer is an active thing like a virus or bacteria that ‘targets’ DNA in the body to spread as supposed to the body being in a state that causes DNA malfunction from smoking for example and cancer being the result. Something is afoot.
@jaspertuin2073
January 31, 2024 at 8:32 am
I get what you say, but in my view its more like we know there’s chicken and egg but we just want to have a good photograph so we need a camera that doesnt mind eggs or chickens in the picture
@scottydontyeah6363
January 31, 2024 at 8:06 am
I honestly thought this was the guy from inbetweeners, what a disappointment
@andycordy5190
January 31, 2024 at 8:49 am
Phenomenal. This is is such amazing science and so beautifully described.❤
@AyuCell-Intan
January 31, 2024 at 10:57 am
The Outsider is a man who cannot live in the comfortable, insulated world of the bourgeois, accepting what he sees and touches as reality. ‘He sees too deep and too much,’ and what he sees is essentially chaos. He is the one man who knows he is sick in a civilization that doesn’t know it is sick. —Colin Wilson
*• Book:* The Outsider
@AyuCell-Intan
January 31, 2024 at 10:59 am
❤not everything is supposed to become something beautiful and long-lasting. Sometimes people come into your life to show you what is right and what is wrong, to show you who you can be, to teach you to love yourself, to make you feel better for a little while, or to just be someone to walk with at night and spill your life to. Not everyone is going to stay forever, and we still have to keep on going and thank them for what they’ve given us!
@simonmaverick9201
January 31, 2024 at 11:26 am
Is cancer the only disease that can kill you??
@gregduross6245
February 1, 2024 at 1:52 pm
7:03 i don’t muc like the conspiracy folks, the scammers, the liars the vaccine deniers, etc. But for every Theranos their are countless people and companies moving science forward. For those who fit into one of these descriptors, it is the bright side that they will die an early death without available treatment, and thereby make an improvement to the gene pool for future generations?