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flipper44

05/22/14 6:02 PM

#11024 RE: hodge14 #11022

Hi Hodge.


Sorry for all my off-beat posts lately. I appointed myself comic relief through ASCO. I still fully believe in this technology. My experience is that people think better when they laugh a few times a day. Otherwise, the pre-ASCO stress starts to shut down circulation to the brain and extremities. This results in fear based decisions. Of course, all stocks are risky, but I think people make better decisions when they are relaxed.

I felt I needed to say that in order to place my silliness in context.


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Doktornolittle

05/22/14 7:10 PM

#11028 RE: hodge14 #11022

Thank you Hodge! And my prayers for your wife. And my thanks to her for allowing you to share this info. Your news, combined with the recent PR about one patient, makes me feel very good about Direct.

Since I bought into the stories about the benefits of Coley's toxins, I am so happy to hear about those fevers. As I have said before, I am not so sure that the fever itself is necessary for the benefits or just reflects the excited state of the immune system. But at that high level I am hopeful that a variety of beneficial things happen, including a change to the rules about abiding by inhibitor flags on the tumor cell surface.

If that approach really did kill off large tumors in the past, you would think it would work on the little mets, systemically. And, of course, this approach has more components than the old Coley's toxins. It is the modern version of it, and more.

Fantastic!
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john1045

05/22/14 10:07 PM

#11032 RE: hodge14 #11022

Thanks for sharing Hodge....great info....hope all is well with you and the family!