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Curing Cancer with T-Cells

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Up until recently, cancer treatment has focused on bombarding the cancer cells with toxic chemicals or harmful radiation. This puts surrounding cells and even the entire body under stress to repair the damage caused by these stressors. But what if the body’s own natural defense system could be educated to target specific cancer cells and then enhanced and supplemented to be able to fight the cancer cells? That is exactly what the new called chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy does.

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The Economic Ramifications of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

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I do not believe that government intervention solves problems. Usually it just adds complexity, inefficiency, bureaucracy and increases costs. But today John Mauldin looks at the effects of Obamacare and the broken medical system that is the current state of affairs in the United States. ~Tim McMahon, editor. By John Mauldin  There is no doubt

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Crowdsourcing– Is There Wisdom in the Crowd?

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In the last few years a new phenomenon has begun to emerge that has been able to tap into the wisdom and resources of crowds… For more than a decade scientists tried to unravel the mystery of an aids like virus using high powered computers. But the computers had a limitation, i.e. they aren’t very good at spatial reasoning. So they turned to a game called “Foldit”. The game is designed to allow players to manipulate multicolored virtual molecular structures that look like Tinkertoys and has more than 236,000 registered players. By throwing that much free brainpower at the problem…  in less than 10 days the puzzle was solved!  Thus demonstrating the power of crowdsourcing and online gaming. The key is discovering how to harness it for good and people are constantly coming up with new ideas for instance Healthline.com has come up with a crowd funding for cancer patients similar to the old jar on the 7/11 counter asking for donations to help specific cancer patients. It allows you to set up a campaign and then promote it online. 

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Health Care Reform To Cost Employers Billions

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Health Insurance- The stated purpose of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka. ObamaCare) is to provide affordable health insurance to everyone. In fact, the program actually penalizes anyone who does not pay for coverage. The largest victims, however, are businesses who fund their own insurance program in order to keep it cost-effective. Assessment for

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