X-Message-Number: 17248
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 02:52:02 -0400
From: James Swayze <>
Subject: P-53 gene therapy for cancer, attn: Linda
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> Message #17247
> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 22:01:05 -0700
> From: Mike Perry <>
> Subject: Courage
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> Linda Chamberlain is bravely facing a possibly terminal illness after many
> years of effort to advance the cause of conquering death. Let us wish the
> best in her personal battle, and redouble our efforts to advance the cause
> for which she has struggled so long.


Linda, I'm fairly certain you are way ahead of me on this but I learned the 
other day about a new treatment for cancer called P-53 gene therapy. My limited 
understanding is that it helps regulate when cells should divide or not keeping 
them from becoming cancerous. They are injecting the gene, if I recall 
correctly, directly into tumors and shutting down their growth by limiting their
cellular division. Please ask your doctors about it. Demand they go the extra 
mile for you.

They have a way sometimes even if subconsciously of judging how aggresive to be 
based on their patient's age and their subjective and mainstream idea of an 
expected life span. In other words they deemed my grandmother as too old to be 
worth the effort. There should be no value judgement based on age. A life is 
just as precious as any other regardless of age and life experience....and your 
life is certainly so to all of us.

James
--
From the point of ignition
To the final drive
The point of the journey
is not to arrive --RUSH

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