Curing Ignorance Through the Infallible Word of God / Friday: At School again for Shakespeare Play Preparation

Posted on February 17, 2019 by asgtc

We are surrounded by
vast and empty spaces
of Nothing.
Great and grand
voids.
And wherever we go,
we have no idea
what we’re not seeing.

It is the same
for us.

Yes,
the Universe
does not reveal
everything it is hiding,
and that includes
a great reservoir of secrets.

All the stars and planets and moons
and great clouds of dust we can see
are a tiny percentage
of what is really there.

Almost all of the Universe
is made of “dark” matter
that neither emits nor absorbs light.
Roughly 70% of our Universe
is made of dark energy.

And dark matter makes up about 25%.
The rest – everything on Earth,
everything ever observed,
all of what we call “normal” matter
adds up to less than 5% of the known Universe.
So most of what is happening
in the Universe
appears to be
nothing.

And,
it is hiding
in plain sight.

It is the same
for us.

97 Percent of Our DNA
Has a Higher Unknown Purpose.

Yes,
WE Human Beings have found out
and now realize that 97% of our DNA
has a Higher purpose
and the information will lead us
into a scientific and Spiritual
renaissance.
read more

Stephen Quake, professor in the school of engineering and professor of bioengineering

Nathan Collins reports in the Stanford News
that a new survey of DNA fragments
circulating in human blood suggests our bodies
contain vastly more diverse microbes
than anyone previously understood.

What’s more,
the overwhelming majority of those microbes
have never been seen before,
let alone classified and named, Stanford researchers report August 22
in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The Stanford study indicates that more than 99 percent of the microbes inside us are unknown to science.

A survey of DNA fragments circulating in the blood suggests the microbes living within us are vastly more diverse than previously known. In fact,99 percent of that DNA has never been seen before.

“We found the gamut,” said Stephen Quake, a professor of Bioengineering and applied physics, a member of Stanford Bio-X
and the paper’s senior author.
“We found things that are related to things people have seen before, we found things that are divergent,
and we found things that are completely novel.”

But there was something else, too – something weirder.
Of all the non-human DNA fragments the team gathered,
99 percent of them failed to match anything in existing genetic databases the researchers examined.
click here to read more

My Dear Friends,
inside each discovery of our LACK of knowledge
is a longing to find out more.
And a long-term, ever-deepening
awareness
of the vast unknown
Beauty and Miraculous Nature
of the Beings that we are.

In fact,
we are such mysterious Creations,
that scientists have finally proven
that our DNA has Telepathic abilities.
Scientists now believe that DNA
might have the ability to communicate with other DNA
at a distance
which if true would be like telepathy
because the cells are communicating non-verbally.
read more

No,
we don’t know what gravitational fields look like,
what dark matter looks like,
what quantum foam looks like,
what constitutes the Universe
or US,
or what, is in fact,
REAL.
But what scientists are telling us, in different ways,
is that if we pay very close attention,
sometimes what looks like Nothing
is the best place to find the most interesting
something.

Let us pay attention
to what God says
we are:

These Truths are in Scripture.
And they are right there
on the pages of the Holy Bible
in black and white
about who I am,
and who YOU are,
as a Child of God.

Yes,
God can begin for YOU
a new understanding
about everything
and speak to your precious Heart.

Here
is some of what HE
says:

You are chosen.

You are Dearly Loved.

You are Holy.

You are a Saint.

You are free from condemnation through Christ’s death.

You have the mind of Christ.

You can do all things through Christ.

These verses
My Dear Friend,
are the infallible Word of God.

Here is a list of biblical affirmations
about our identity
derived from a few selected passages
in the New Testament.
This is just a portion of the many Truths
about who we are
and have become through faith in God,
It is a powerful inventory
to review from time to time.
All references are from the
NET bible http://netbible.org

by Kenneth Boa

Website: http://www.kenboa.org
Commentary: http://www.kenboa.org/blog
Follow: http://twitter.com/kennethboa

• I am a child of God.

But to all who have received him–those who believe in his name–he has given the right to become God’s children … (John 1:12).

• I am a branch of the true vine, and a conduit of Christ’s life.

I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener. I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me–and I in him–bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing (John 15:1, 5).

• I am a friend of Jesus.

I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father (John 15:15).

• I have been justified and redeemed.

But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus (Romans 3:24).

• My old self was crucified with Christ, and I am no longer a slave to sin.

We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin (Romans 6:6).

• I will not be condemned by God.

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1).

• I have been set free from the law of sin and death.

For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2).

• As a child of God, I am a fellow heir with Christ.

And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ)–if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him (Romans 8:17).

• I have been accepted by Christ.

Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God’s glory (Romans 15:7).

• I have been called to be a saint.

… To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours (1 Corinthians 1:2). (See also Ephesians 1:1, Philippians 1:1, and Colossians 1:2.)

• In Christ Jesus, I have wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.

He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption … (1 Corinthians 1:30).

• My body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who dwells in me.

Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you (1 Corinthians 6:19)

• I am joined to the Lord and am one spirit with Him.

But the one united with the Lord is one spirit with him (1 Corinthians 6:17).

• God leads me in the triumph and knowledge of Christ.

But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place (2 Corinthians 2:14).

• The hardening of my mind has been removed in Christ.

But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read./netbible2/index.php?header=&book=2co&chapter=3 It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away (2 Corinthians 3:14).

• I am a new creature in Christ.

So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away–look, what is new has come (2 Corinthians 5:17)!

• I have become the righteousness of God in Christ.

God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God (2 Corinthians 5:21).

• I have been made one with all who are in Christ Jesus.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female–for all of you are one in Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:28).

• I am no longer a slave, but a child and an heir.

So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God (Galatians 4:7).

• I have been set free in Christ.

For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery (Galatians 5:1).

• I have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ (Ephesians 1:3).

• I am chosen, holy, and blameless before God.

For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love (Ephesians 1:4).

• I am redeemed and forgiven by the grace of Christ.

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace (Ephesians 1:7).

• I have been predestined by God to obtain an inheritance.

In Christ we too have been claimed as God’s own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will (Ephesians 1:11).

• I have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.

And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation)–when you believed in Christ–you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13).

• Because of God’s mercy and love, I have been made alive with Christ.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ–by grace you are saved (Ephesians 2:4-5)!

• I am seated in the heavenly places with Christ.

… And he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus … (Ephesians 2:6).

• I am God’s workmanship created to produce good works.

For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them (Ephesians 2:10).

• I have been brought near to God by the blood of Christ.

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:13).

• I am a member of Christ’s body and a partaker of His promise.

… The Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 3:6). (See also Ephesians 5:30.)

• I have boldness and confident access to God through faith in Christ.

… In whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ’s faithfulness (Ephesians 3:12).

• My new self is righteous and holy.

… Put on the new man who has been created in God’s image–in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth (Ephesians 4:24).

• I was formerly darkness, but now I am light in the Lord.

… For you were at one time darkness, but now you are/netbible2/index.php?header=&book=eph&chapter=5 light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light (Ephesians 5:8).

• I am a citizen of heaven.

But our citizenship is in heaven–and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ … (Philippians 3:20).

• The peace of God guards my heart and mind.

And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7).

• God supplies all my needs.

And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19).

• I have been made complete in Christ.

… You have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority (Colossians 2:10).

• I have been raised up with Christ.

Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God (Colossians 3:1).

• My life is hidden with Christ in God.

… For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3).

• Christ is my life, and I will be revealed with Him in glory.

When Christ (who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him (Colossians 3:4).

• I have been chosen of God, and I am holy and beloved.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience … (Colossians 3:12).

• God loves me and has chosen me.

We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you … (1 Thessalonians 1:4).

The more we embrace these truths from Scripture about who we have become in Christ, the more stable, grateful, and fully assured we will be in this world.

Goodnight.

It appears that Edison was right: “We don’t know a millionth of one percent
about anything.”
– Thomas A. Edison

In Philosophy Class
this week:

2018-19 Anderson School Calendar

Second Semester

January 8 – May 24 2019

Feb. 1 Tuition Deposit was due for 2019-2020

Feb. 22 (FRIDAY) At School for Shakespeare Production Preparation

Mar. 8 (Friday) Texas Storytelling Festival in Denton

Mar. 11 -15 Spring Break Holidays

April 19 & 22 (Fri. & Mon.) Good Friday & Easter Holidays

April 30, (Tuesday) Scarborough Renaissance Festival

May 1 Tuition balance due for 2019-2020

May 20 Prep. Day for Adventure Trip …………………………………………………….(no school)

May 21 – 24 Adventure Trip

May 24 Last Day of Semester

Dr. & Mrs. Anderson may schedule 2-5 additional days
(to be announced later) for In-service Training.
Visit our website at http://www.andersonschool.net
for updated information.

The School Calendar is subject to change.
There are no make-up days
if school is closed due to
inclement weather.

Inclement Weather Policy:
the school will close if Fort Worth I. S. D. is closed.

(Calendar 2018-2019 / approved 7-29-18)

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More Real Than You and I / Paying Attention to Cancer Prevention / Sept. 4: Classes Resume

Posted on July 10, 2018 by asgtc

The Beautiful Song

When the days
and nights
are long,
pause,
and listen.

Listen
to the Beautiful Song
that is Life,
the Song YOU are.
Look out the window
of this brief view of Living.
Gaze into the Infinite Beyond,
the Beautiful sky,
the Dreams gone by.
Look for the many memories,
the precious moments that passed by.
Relive
the Sacred emotions
that became more real
than you
and I.

“A man is not old
until regrets take the place
of Dreams.”
– John Barrymore

Live
in the precious moments
time cannot measure,
between the beats
of your Heart,
far beyond forever,
where there is
no end,
and no beginning.

“There is no end.
There is no beginning.
There is only the infinite passion
of Life. ”
– Federico Fellini

Yes,
our fragile Hearts
beat so imperfectly.
But there is
so much more
to Life than living,
so much more to Love
than taking
and giving.
For we cannot give
and we cannot take
from that which
we are –
and we are
one.

One
of the greatest verses
in the Holy Bible
is from 1 Corinthians 6:17.
It speaks to our
Organic Union with the Lord:
“He who is joined to the Lord
is one Spirit.”

Saturate your mind with His Word.

The material
plane of Life’s illusions
only reflect
you and I.
As our Love drifts
from Life
into our Dreams,
the Human Spirit
is able to return
to the Love
from which it came.

How Blessed we are
to have such Beautiful things
as our Hopes
and Prayers
and Dreams
to share with every Child
of God.

Yes,
you
can escape
the reality
you assume is
YOU.

Saturate your mind
with His Word.
As Paul said to the Ephesians:
“Be filled with the
Spirit,”

We
are not alone.
We never were.
.
The Song
of your Being
can help another
to stand
on their feet again.
We are all
Brethren
cast upon the
barren sand.

As the Tide
of Love
rises in your Heart,
we all rise.
Love
lets you see
the World
in ways
you never imagined.

Immerse another
in your Mercy,
and release the Power
of God’s Love
in your Heart.

The future
of all Life,
this fragile web of Life,
lies in our hands.

God is Love.
And
YOU are His
greatest Love.

“Father, O father!
What do we,
here in this land of unbelief and fear?
The Land of Dreams is better
far above the Light of the morning Star.”

WILLIAM BLAKE, The Land of Dreams

My Dear Friends,
there is a poverty
worse than destitution and hunger,
worse than illness
or ignorance,
social degradation,
or even death.

The material plane of illusion.

We appear to be
separated
by our common
destiny.

Sacred Places
we can never leave –
they never left us.
The Human Heart
beats within.
And
God resides
in You and I.

You suffer not,
when you come
to Him.
Go
to our Father,
in Prayer

He is there,
listening to His child,
as YOU
listen to your child.
His Love
surrounds you,
is all around you,
abides in you.

He hears your Prayer.
He is here.
He is there.
He is
everywhere.

Goodnight.

The Christian Gospel has the most Humanizing influence than any other force on Earth.

“Do you not know
that YOU are the Temple
of God
and that the Spirit of God
dwells in
YOU?”
– 1 Corinthians 3:16

We’re not paying enough attention
when it comes to cancer prevention?
Let’s start with diet.
.
Dr. Margaret I. Cuomo,
author of A World Without Cancer,
discusses the importance of cancer prevention
with Motley Fool health care analyst Max Macaluso.

It’s been more than 40 years – since 1971, when the war on cancer was declared by President Richard Nixon. In that time, we’ve spent over $90 billion on cancer research, and yet we are still seeing cancer incidence rates rise.

We haven’t come as far as you’d think we should have, for that amount of time and money spent, so I said to myself, with all the horrific effects of cancer on the lives of my patients, friends, and family, it was time to delve into the subject and give it a fresh perspective.

Macaluso: In your book you talk a lot about the misconceptions of cancer prevention. What do you think the top misconception is today?

Cuomo: I think most people, even people who are quite knowledgeable, think that cancer is an inevitability. “No matter what I do, I’m going to get cancer. Either I’ll inherit it, or I’ll grow old enough and I’ll get cancer just because I’ve grown old.”

That’s clearly not the case. We know that over 50% of all cancers are preventable. Attention to diet, exercise, limiting alcohol, ending smoking, protecting our skin from the sun, and taking vitamin D all contribute to a cancer-free life and the environmental toxins that are in our midst can be eliminated, or at least limited so that they don’t raise our risk of cancer.

Macaluso: What are some of the specific things we’re not paying enough attention to when it comes to prevention? Let’s start with diet.

Cuomo: OK, diet. You know the old expression, “You are what you eat.” To a large extent, that’s very true. A plant-based diet is what nearly all the experts say is not only the healthiest in terms of preventing heart disease and diabetes, but also reducing our risk for cancer.

If you look at your plate, your daily plate, two-thirds of it should be fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains like brown rice or quinoa, or even a whole grain pasta – and then a very small amount of lean protein like fish or chicken, and a minimal amount of red meat. That is the cancer prevention diet, but it also, as I say, decreases your risk for heart disease and diabetes.

Limiting alcohol – that means you really can’t afford to go out once a week and binge. They say no more than one drink a day of alcohol – that includes wine – for a woman and no more than two for a man, and it may be even less than that, but certainly you want to watch your alcohol intake.

Macaluso: I can tell you, after reading your book I definitely modified my diet. I’m drinking more green tea and a lot more vegetables.

Cuomo: Excellent. Green tea has been shown to have anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects.

Macaluso: Let’s shift the discussion from diet to environmental factors.

Cuomo: Yes, environment; very important. In fact, the United Nations just issued a report last week, that the World Health Organization was involved in as well, in which it said that there are so many of the so-called “endocrine disrupting chemicals,” such as BPA, which are in our plastic water bottles, other beverages, also food containers, the lining of the cans of food, soup — a can of soup, a can of beans — etc. Even a cashier receipt can have BPA.

Parabens – parabens are in everything from facial wash to shampoo, toothpaste – these are endocrine-disrupting chemicals. What does that mean?

That means they modify the development of hormones in our body. They affect our endocrine system, which has been linked to cancers of the breast, prostate, thyroid, and others. Also linked to obesity and diabetes, and they even drew a link to autism.

For all those reasons we want to rid our products, our personal care products at the very least, of these harmful chemicals, so there is good news on that note.

Macaluso: In your book, you talk a lot about BPAs and all the things in consumer packaging. I understand that Johnson & Johnson is leading the charge in making a commitment to rid their products of these chemicals. Can you speak a little bit about that?

Cuomo: Yes. I applaud Johnson & Johnson. They are the first major consumer products company in the United States to voluntarily commit to removing all harmful chemicals from their personal care products.

I would like to see other major companies, like Procter & Gamble and Colgate and L’Oreal follow the good example of Johnson & Johnson. Why should consumers be at risk for washing their face or brushing their teeth?

Macaluso: Excellent point. Going along with that, are there any other companies focused on organic products or specific foods, that you might applaud?

Cuomo: Yes. I am happy to share with you, in terms of being BPA-free in all of their food packaging materials, the Hain Celestial Group. First of all, they’re the market leader in organic products, I’ve learned, and they include products such as Arrowhead Mills, Health Valley, Earth’s Best baby food, Walnut Acres juices, DeBoles pasta, Imagine sauces and soups.

They have made a commitment to BPA-free in all of their food packaging, cans, etc., and they also are very conscious in terms of sustainability for their packaging materials, so big applause for Hain Celestial Group.

Also, Whole Foods 365 brands, many of their brands are BPA-free, Trader Joe’s, and Eden Foods are some that come to mind.

Macaluso: Is there anything that consumers can do, or do we just have to wait for these companies to change their practices?

Cuomo: What you can do as an educated consumer is to read the labels. Certainly, if you don’t see “BPA free,” you have to question, “Does this packaging material contain BPA?”

In terms of your personal care products, read the labels. If you see anything with “paraben” in it – that means methylparaben, butylparaben – anything that has that phrase, “paraben,” avoid it completely. Also another word, difficult to pronounce, phthalates, another endocrine disruptor.

Basically, Max, anything you can’t pronounce you would be wise to stay away from it.

Macaluso: Yeah, I think that’s a good rule of thumb. Let’s talk a little bit about obesity. I think a lot of people might not realize that obesity is linked to certain types of cancers.

Cuomo: Yes. Obesity is linked to quite a few cancers. Scientists have pointed to the fact that breast cancer and colon cancer are definitely linked to obesity, but there are many other cancers that are as well.

What do we want to do? How do we avoid this epidemic? Do you realize, in the past 30 years the rate of obesity among children has tripled, and it has doubled for adults? Everyone agrees we have an epidemic. What do we do about it?

It’s all about education, isn’t it? We have to start with our very youngest children, teaching them what is a healthful diet. It’s not a bag of chips at every meal. It’s not a can of soda at every meal. If children don’t have the tools, the strategies, how can we expect them to eat healthfully?

Often times, what children learn in school in terms of vegetables and a plant-based diet, they will take home and they will be the teachers for their parents and caregivers. Isn’t that a wonderful thing?

I really feel education is the key here.

Macaluso: Once again, focused more on prevention than treatments.

Cuomo: Prevention is so important.

Macaluso: Let’s talk about tobacco products a little bit. Not all smokers get lung cancer, but it is a major risk factor.

Cuomo: Tobacco is a scourge and as you say, certainly we’ve proven that it causes lung cancer but it causes many other cancers as well; cancers of the digestive tract, even pancreas and bladder, have been linked to smoking.

What do we do? Well, years ago there was something called the Master Settlement Agreement, where all of the tobacco companies agreed to contribute billions of dollars to a fund that would later be given to the states with the intention that those funds be used for tobacco cessation programs and other tobacco elimination programs.

However, as I understand it the law is that the money goes to the states, but the states are not compelled to use it for that purpose. In these economically trying times, states are using it for infrastructure, they’re using it for a lot of other reasons.

We have to get back to preserving that money for tobacco cessation. Right now we have an increasing trend in smoking among adolescents, and among people of low education and low income.

Again, the burden of their illnesses is going to impact all of us. It doesn’t only impact the person who is going to be unfortunate enough to get lung cancer; it affects our health care costs, and we all absorb that, so it behooves all of us to make sure those funds are used properly.

Macaluso: Let’s shift the conversation from prevention to treatment. Your book does talk about some major successes in medicine, in the treatment of cancer. One in particular is Novartis’ Gleevec. This is a treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia.

What I was wondering, reading your book, was why haven’t we been able to replicate the success of Gleevec and chronic myeloid leukemia with other types of cancer, namely solid tumors?

Cuomo: That’s a very astute question. Chronic myeloid or myelogenous leukemia, CML, is based on a single genetic mutation. This terrible disease is actually a very simple disease, unlike breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer – these more common cancers – which are several orders of magnitude more complicated than that.

Therefore, Gleevec can attack CML and effectively cure it because it’s a very simple disease. Breast, prostate, lung cancer, are all much more complicated and it’s not as easy to treat them with a single chemotherapeutic agent or a monoclonal antibody, and that’s what Gleevec is.

Cuomo: prevention is the most effective strategy we have for ridding ourselves of cancer, and yet we devote so little time and attention to it.

My agenda is not to draw attention away from treatment. Again, there will always be patients who require treatment, and they should have it. What I am saying is that we have the intellectual resources and the financial capability to achieve both.

The National Cancer Prevention Institute would do just that. It would be based on a collaborative focused effort divided into teams, each team addressing a specific cancer type, and it would draw from many disciplines.

It would be a trans-disciplinary approach, including epidemiology, cancer biology, microbiology, immunology, engineering, pharmaceuticals, even urban planning; everything you need to decrease cancer incidence.

I don’t see that happening right now, and a lot of people that have been studying this for a long time feel it is time now to do this kind of approach, the way we did for the moonshot and for the Human Genome Project, both of which took a collaborative effort which had team science at its core. That’s what we should use for the prevention of cancer.

Macaluso: Dr. Cuomo, recently there was an Institute of Medicine report that addressed cancer care. Can you speak a little bit about that?

Cuomo: Yes. I was very pleased to see some experts in the country, such as Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Dr. Peter Bach, contribute to this workshop last October. They just issued a report from the Institute of Medicine addressing the question, “How do we contain cancer costs and what can we be doing better?”

Some of the key points were, what should a cancer therapy do? How do we assess its effectiveness and its value?

Well, it should increase our overall survival. It should increase the patient’s survival. It should increase the patient’s quality of life, while at the same time it should have very few side effects – certainly not life-threatening side effects or side effects that degrade that quality of life – and it should contain costs. It should not be an unsustainable cost.

I thought that was a very good way of focusing attention on the question of how do we end the spiral of cancer care cost in America.

Macaluso: Thank you very much. Once again, Dr. Margaret Cuomo, author of the book A World Without Cancer.

Max is the Technology, Biopharma & Health Care Bureau Chief at Fool.com. Prior to joining the Fool, he completed a PhD in chemistry at the University of Cambridge and an MBA at the College des Ingenieurs.

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