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Biotech / Medical : Biotech Derivatives -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sim1 who wrote (79)	4/10/1999 12:07:00 PM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 555

Stuart, what do you think about starting a thread for discussing all the various cancer therapies...and the stocks. Cancer is big business--and effects a huge percentage of the population at one time or another, so it could become a popular thread. Unfortunately, to just an average investor like myself, the topic is too big to quickly develop an appreciation for the interesting stocks by skimming through the biotech- related threads...a little more organization is needed to direct folks to the more interesting tidbits of research progress, clinical trials, etc. And of course, since we are off-topic here on the Biotech Derivatives thread, why not? Now as far as MGI 114 being a silver bullet, for what type of cancer? Yes, I see from the abstract that it toxic for a whole gaggle of cell lines, but you would hope so since they have MGI 114 in several clinical trials-- ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, and prostate cancer--and Rick pointed that one out because there is a poster session at the ASCO annual meeting. Well, I will keep an eye on the MOGN thread for sure--I don't own the stock, so I wont post and make a lot of noise like I usually do, but will enjoy lurking--and will keep my eyes peeled if anybody starts a Cancer thread. At breakfast, I think I go through that TIME magazine-- remember the May issue with the lame red X over the word Cancer--maybe that will help me get back in touch with what America is being spoon fed on the subject of late. Oh, something I would love to see--know of a website that describes all the various cell lines or mutations and all the available types of xenografts--I guess just like on the INCY thread where there were frequent calls for a patent attorney, now we seem to have a call out for an oncologist--probably a few lurking, but they are laughing their asses off each time I post:-)