Event video: Edge Master Class 2010: W. DANIEL HILLIS ON "CANCERING"

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Edge Master Class 2010: W. DANIEL HILLIS ON "CANCERING"

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We make a mistake when we think of cancer as a noun. It is not something youhave, it is something you do. Your body is probably cancering all the time. What keeps it under control is a conversation that is happening between your cells, and the language of that conversation is proteins. Proteomics will allow us to listen in on that conversation, and that will lead to much better way to treat cancer. Introduction by John Brockman The leaders of the National Cancer Institute," says Danny Hillis, "are very keenly aware of how little progress has actually been made in the treatment of cancer. This is something they pay a lot of attention to. They're thinking very laterally in giving funding to people like me to work on cancer." "What they've said... Go to conversation

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