The next cure for cancer

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[cyberghostface]

I wonder how many Marvel characters could cure cancer but decide to withhold the cure. Black Panther, Norman Osborn... am I missing anyone? Could Reed Richards do it?

[q99]

Reed really doesn't do bio-science much, so I doubt it.

Hm, I suspect Apocalypse or Sinister may be able to, but, y'know, it's not their thing.

The X-men have some bio scientists- Beast, Rao, Dr. Nemesis- but they actually would use it to cure cancer if they could. Which makes it odd that they don't have the cure but dabblers like Panther and Osborn do.

[burkeonthesly]

It's not that Panther himself developed the cure, he's just the head of the government in charge of the super-science division that did. As for Osborn, well, I wouldn't be surprised if he stumbled onto a cancer cure, but I'd worry about the side effects. I mean, on the face of it, his goblin serum is some great super-soldier stuff--but again, the side effects.

[q99]

Ah, true.

And yea, Osborn's cure is likely.... .iffy ^^

[cyberghostface]

In Thunderbolts he had created a weapon to use on Deadpool that would override his cancer and cause his healing factor to kill him in the process.

[burkeonthesly]

Okay, so a highly-specific cure for the cancer of one person with very unusual circumstances. Not the same as a blanket cure-all.

[cyberghostface]

Perhaps but the joke was (as Ant Man said) "You mean to tell me that Norman Osborn found the cure for CANCER and made a weapon out of it? I'm glad that our national security is in the hands of such a dedicated humanitarian!" or something to that effect.

[mrstatham]

I don't know. Reed and a bunch of the other MU scientists have basically just been slapped with a 'SCIENCE' label so broad they basically cover any number of disciplines.

Put it this way - if you can create a working duplicate of a freaking THUNDER GOD? You can probably cure cancer.

[q99]

Sure, most of the scientists are omnidiscipline, but they still have specialties.

And Clor was three of 'em working together- Pym, Stark, and Reed. Pym does a reasonable amount of biology related stuff, so one good in that area and two who dabble.

They'd probably have to work together on the cancer thing too.

[mrstatham]

Which still raises the question of why they haven't.

You could still use Extremis on it's own, for instance - or the liquid armour from the latter part of Fraction's run - and program that to eliminate cancer, nip any remissions in the bud, and basically fill in what removing the cancer loses.

[q99]

Yep.

Though at least, like in real life cancer treatment seems to be improving in Marvel, even if not as solved as it should be.

[skjam]

We've never heard back on the cures for cancer the science types came up with during the "Death of Captain Marvel" story. As far as we know, those are still in FDA trials somewhere.

[owlbrigade1]

It's Marvel-world, most folks in it are such assholes they'd probably turn down a cure for cancer if it came from a super-powered source. Come to that, they'd probably attack a super-powered individual who had the cure for cancer just the same as one who turns people into dinosaurs.

[burkeonthesly]

Guy who turns people into dinosaurs would be way more accepted. Start a special effects studio, put dinosaurs in all the movies, make money for as long as kids like dinosaurs (so, forever). A cancer cure? One treatment and they're better? Pff, where's the money in that?

[owlbrigade1]

The horrible thing is that I can find no flaws with your logic. Pretty much, yep.

[violetclm.livejournal.com]

Some villain guy in the current FF run. It was in a scan posted the other day.

[octopedingenue]

Otto Octavius would find a cure for cancer to prevent someone else from finding the cure first. Or he would find a SUPERIOR cure for cancer.

[cyberghostface]

A while back he actually tried to find a cure for AIDS but was unable to.