Episode 1083 · Apr 17, 2004 · 2h 53m
April 17, 2004: Biotechnology Developments - Michael Fumento
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Open transcriptCancer no death sentence by 2025Fumento predicts that by 2025 no cancer will be a death sentence, instead managed daily like AIDS has become.
Anti-angiogenic drugs starve tumorsFumento explains how Neovastat and 67 similar drugs in the pipeline cut off tumor blood supply rather than relying on slash, burn, and poison.
Personal cancer vaccines in trialsArt recounts his late father's cancer search and Fumento confirms personalized cancer vaccines are in phase three trials, with broad prostate and bladder versions also advancing.
Quantum computing within 20 yearsFumento argues quantum computing is no longer theoretical and within twenty years will dwarf today's supercomputers like a Commodore 64.
Bt corn and built-in insecticideFumento describes splicing a bacterial gene into corn and cotton so the plants produce their own insecticide, dramatically cutting spray runoff.
The conversation turns to genetic longevity research, where Fumento reports at least eight different techniques are being tested in laboratory animals, with some showing the equivalent of 136 human years of life extension. He predicts an FDA-approved genetic therapy that dramatically extends human lifespan within ten years. The discussion also covers biotech crops, gene splicing across species, and the regulatory differences between the United States and China, where Fumento suspects many approvals are fabricated.
Art steers the conversation toward quantum computing and artificial intelligence, where Fumento raises both utopian and dystopian possibilities. He speculates that computers powerful enough to achieve consciousness could either solve every human problem or view humans as carbon-based infestations worth displacing.
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