Re: Dinosaur Tumor Studied for Human Cancer Clues

[Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>]

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:04:11 -0500 Dora Smith <villandra@austin.rr.com>
writes:
> Gee, if I knew they needed to examine a dinosaur tumor for human 
> cancer 
> clues, I'd have donated Blue Guy's body to science.   I had her put 
> down 
> last month because she had a huge malignant tumor.


Sorry for your loss.


> If they really need to analyze dinosaur tumors for human cancer 
> clues, why 
> are they going back that far in time?


Because they have unused WayBack Machine frequent flier mileage and they
need to use it or lose it? 

Keep in mind that some researchers occasionally de-emphasize the fact
that birds are dinosaurs.  Then the often clueless press steps in and
muddies the waters even further.

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