>Don't underestimate those Australians- they made some remarkably prescient decisions in the '70s and '80s including science funding, of which output this is just one example.
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>Incidentally, this is the same thrust of upcoming cancer treatments: persuade the body's defense system to get involved and it's game over whether the target is plaques of unwanted material, rogue cells or whatever.
These Australians better rush with human trials.. :)
Speaking about medicine, I can't recommend more highly the book "Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science" by Atul Gawande. I think this book should be ready by every resident doctor ... and patient :)
"The creative process is nothing but a series of crises." Isaac Bashevis Singer
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