A leading skin cancer doctor is hopeful that an experimental treatment will bring a miracle and cure his nearly uncurbable brain cancer. Richard Scolyer is a professor at Sydney University in Australia and a surgical pathologist. Professor Scolyer is also suffering from one of the deadliest forms of cancer – a glioblastoma.The Mayo Clinic defines a glioblastoma as:A type of cancer that starts as a growth of cells in the brain or spinal cord. It grows quickly and can invade and destroy healthy tissue. Glioblastoma forms from cells called astrocytes that support nerve cells. Glioblastoma can happen at any age. But it tends to occur more often in older adults and more often in men. Glioblastoma symptoms include headaches that keep getting worse‚ nausea and vomiting‚ blurred or double vision‚ and seizures.According to Healthline‚ "The median survival time for adults with glioblastoma is 15 months."Just 3% to 5% of patients survive more than three years.Scolyer – a 57-year-old married father with three children – was diagnosed with brain cancer last June. For a treatment strategy‚ Scolyer turned to Georgina Long – his friend and co-director of the Melanoma Institute Australia.According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation‚ "Both have been at the forefront of groundbreaking advances in melanoma treatment and saved thousands of lives with their immunotherapy approach.""We've taken everything‚ absolutely every bit of knowledge … that we've pioneered in melanoma and we've thrown it at Richard's tumor‚" Long told the outlet. Knowing the extraordinary odds and that timing is critical‚ Long proposed a radical plan to try to cure the nearly incurable brain cancer. However‚ there were significant risks. Professor Scolyer was the first in the world to delay brain surgery to remove the tumor and start with pre-surgery combination immunotherapy."Combination immunotherapy counters several immunosuppressive elements in the tumor microenvironment and activates multiple steps of the cancer-immunity cycle‚" according to the National Library of Medicine. The professor is also the first person to receive a personalized vaccine to combat the tumor."Brain cancer doctors were so worried this would kill me quicker or result in terrible side effects‚" Scolyer explained.Scolyer joked that the treatment plan was a "no-brainer.""It's not a hard decision to make when you're faced with certain death. I'm more than happy to be the guinea pig to do this‚" Scolyer said.Scolyer‚ his family‚ and the treatment team were extremely nervous when it came time for his recent brain scan at the end of January. Long said her friend's brain is "normalizing"A "thrilled" Scoyler said there's "no recurrence of my supposedly incurable glioblastoma!" See on Instagram Scolyer said the chance that he is cured of his aggressive cancer is "miniscule‚" but he's optimistic that "a miracle could happen."Scolyer proclaimed‚ "I'm confident‚ to be honest‚ that it's going to make a difference for future brain cancer patients."He cautioned‚ "I'm just one patient though. We won't really know [it works] until we do clinical trials."Scolyer told the BBC that he wants to live long enough to see his kids "become truly independent."The doctor said that he is "extraordinarily resilient‚" but "it's tough.""I love my family. I love my wife… I like my work‚" he declared with a grimace."I'm pissed off. I'm devastated‚" he said. "I don't want to die."His only comfort is that the data from his experimental treatment is "changing the field‚ and if I die tomorrow with that‚ I'm very proud."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here! An experimental treatment against 'certain death' | Professor Richard Scolyer | Australian Story www.youtube.com

A CT scan of the Roman chicken egg discovered in Berryfields‚ Buckinghamshire‚ has revealed that it isn’t just the shell that is intact‚ but the contents — yolk‚ whites‚ and air bubble — are still inside. That makes it the only known example in the world of an ancient chicken egg that is complete with its interior liquids. The Berryfields site was excavated between 2007 and 2016 in advance of the construction of new a housing development. The fieldwork uncovered evidence of human occupation going back to the early Neolithic period and extending into the early Modern era. The site saw significant activity in the Roman era‚ and in a waterlogged pit dating to the 4th century‚ archaeologists found a wealth of organic remains including leather shoes‚ animal bones and a woven basket containing four eggs. The ancient eggs were so fragile that three of the four disintegrated on contact‚ so the last egg standing became the only intact Roman egg ever found in Britain and the second ever found anywhere in the world. The only other Roman-era egg to survive intact was found in a child’s grave in the Vatican necropolis under the via Triumphalis in Rome. The child‚ a baby who was less than a year old when they died between 50 and 150 A.D.‚ was buried with a chicken egg in the right hand. The shell was intact but it was empty. It was probably not a food offerings because at this time food offered for the deceased were usually pourable liquids like milk‚ honey and wine that were used in the burial ritual. Archaeologists believe it was symbolic‚ that the egg represented rebirth after the tragically premature death of the baby. Researchers have recently undertaken a new examination of the Berryfields egg‚ subjecting it to a microCT scan at the University of Kent. The scan clearly exposed the liquid interior with an angled air bubble at the top. The egg has also been taken to London’s Natural History Museum‚ where Douglas Russell‚ senior curator of the museum’s birds’ eggs and nests collection‚ and his colleague Arianna Bernucci were consulted about how to conserve the egg and remove the contents without breaking it. Mr Russell said: “There are older eggs with contents – for example‚ the [museum] has a series of mummified birds’ eggs‚ probably excavated… from the catacombs of sacred animals at Denderah‚ Upper Egypt in 1898 which may be older. “However‚ this is the oldest unintentionally preserved avian egg I have ever seen. That makes it fascinating. “Going forward‚ it will be very exciting to see if we can use any of the modern imaging and analysis techniques available here at the museum to shed further light on exactly which species laid the eggs and its potential archaeological significance.” Mr Biddulph said: “As we found out when we visited the Natural History Museum‚ [it] appears to be the oldest known example in the world.”

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The following simple recipe for Uxbridge Sour Milk Cornbread is from Good HouseKeeping’s Book of Menus‚ Recipes‚ and Household Discoveries (253 pages‚ copyright 1925‚ now in public domain). That is one of the 11 new bonus books included in the new 2005-2023 edition of the SurvivalBlog Archive USB stick. Ingredients 1 egg 2 cupfuls sour milk 1 cupful cornmeal 1 cupful bread flour 1 teaspoonful soda 1 teaspoonful baking-powder 2 tablespoonfuls melted shortening 1 teaspoonful salt Directions To the egg weII beaten add the sour milk. Add the cornmeal‚ flour‚ soda‚ baking-powder‚ and salt sifted together. Beat in the melted … The post Recipe of the Week: Uxbridge Sour Milk Cornbread appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.

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