Re: poly: weather exchange; longevity; drug testing

"Richard Schroeppel" <rcs@cs.arizona.edu> writes:

> Anyone besides me think that angiostatin/endostatin should be tested today
> on human volunteers?

>From a scientific point of view it is probably not a good idea (we
need more data), and I think they might have dangerous effects too
(but for people with serious cancer conditions that risk may be
acceptable).

> (There are probably supply problems: A,E are 500,200 peptide frags from
> two native proteins, so it's not as easy as setting some smart chemists to
> work to whip up a few tons.)

Last I heard they were cloning the gene to produce it in yeast or E
Coli. That should bring up the supply.

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