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Great research and could maybe be used to help destroy cancer cells without destroying normal cells during radiotheraphy etc. (although so long as the cancer ce
by nopassrecover 17y ago
Great research and could maybe be used to help destroy cancer cells without destroying normal cells during radiotheraphy etc. (although so long as the cancer cells don't suddenly get immune to radiation etc. as well).
On another note, is there any reason why they had to exlicitly state that the scientists were of Jewish descent? The only possibility that comes to mind for making this explicit is that this is the reason they got Israeli investment?
- surki 17y agoWell, for one, the news paper is from Israel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynetnews http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynetnews And the scientist seems to be from Russia http://people.forbes.com/profile/andrei-gudkov/20320 http://people.forbes.com/profile/andrei-gudkov/20320 :)
- jacquesm 17y agoI don't know, but the link with Israel seems to be a very tenuous one, the 'investment' isn't detailed (it could be a very small portion of the total project) and the 'israeli scientists' appear to be only one lady on the whole team. It reminds me of a quip by Albert Einstein: "If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say I am a German and Germany will declare I am a Jew." I'm sure that if 'a cure for cancer' is found (and I'm not going to hold my breath on that one, cancer seems to be 'systemic') that every country in the world will want their part (or more) of the credits.
- torpor 17y agoIsrael is engaged in Nuclear Blackmail. That is why this is significant, and many Israelis are aware of this fact. It holds its nuclear arsenal in conditions guaranteed to instill fear in governments around the world, and if indeed the Israeli state holds the key to diminishing the threat of radiation sickness as a result of the use of these weapons, then the threat level just increased.
- pjkundert 17y agoMiddle-East: We wish to destroy your civilisation, and slaughter all of your people. Attempting to reason with us is futile. Isreal: Hmmm. Well, you may attempt to do so (as you have in the past), but we will decapitate your government and prevent you from waging war on us. Middle-East: !! Nuclear Blackmail !!
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- torpor 17y agoIsrael: We are gods children, you are scum. We will steal your land! Palestine: Our children are dying in the streets, we live in a ghetto of Israeli design, we will fight you with whatever we have. Israel: We have nukes. We will use them on innocents at our own whim.
- CWuestefeld 17y agoThis was my first thought as well. Not just that it was mentioned, but that it was pointed out in the very first sentence of the article.
- endtime 17y agoIt's an Israeli newspaper; if a Russian-American scientist made the discovery, I'm sure the Russian papers would mention that fact as well.
- nopassrecover 17y agoYeah I guess I see a difference between those two. They are not saying an Israeli-American but a Jewish-American. The emphasis is not on nationality but on ethnicity. However, I won't pretend to understand the cultural sensitivites involved (I'm Australian).
- endtime 17y agoYep, Israel and Judaism are a bit tricky when it comes to religion vs. ethnicity vs. nationality.