‘Miracle’ drug cures woman’s breast cancer

Plus: A star is orbiting the Milky Way’s black hole at 18 million miles an hour Jul 08, 2022 [Blueprint]( In a development that sounds like divine intervention or some kind of miracle, a woman in Manchester, England, has been declared completely cancer-free, having been given mere months to live. The startling (and frankly fantastic) news comes thanks to what’s being described as a "miracle" drug infusion trial by the National Health Service in England. But before we delve into how she came back from the brink, take a look at today’s video, which I think you’ll agree is as unlikely as it is surprising. It shows you how to fix a leaky radiator with an egg... which is a sentence I don’t suppose you thought you were going to read today. Good morning. I’m Alice, an editor at IE. This is The Blueprint. Let’s dive in. If you haven’t already, check out our new [IE+ subscription]( launching July 14, featuring exclusive interviews, analysis, premium features, and more. Claim your [free one-month trial here](. [Play]VIDEO OF THE DAY [Here's what happens when you try to fix a leaky radiator with an egg]( [Egg to fix radiator.]( Need to fix your radiator? Try an egg. [Must Read]MUST READ [Woman given months to live is cured of breast cancer]( [‘Miracle’ cure saves Manchester woman.]( Jasmin David was given months to live after being diagnosed with cancer. Then she [took part in a two-year clinical trial]( using an experimental medicine combined with an immunotherapy drug, at The Christie hospital in Manchester in the U.K. What happened next was beyond the clinician’s wildest expectations, as after the trial ended, scans showed no measurable cancer cells in her body and she was deemed completely cancer-free. → “It is fantastic for everyone when someone responds as well to treatment as Jasmin has,” Fiona Thistlethwaite, medical oncologist and clinical director at The Christie, who is leading the trial, [told the BBC](. The successful experiment [brings hope to millions suffering from breast cancer]( although further research is required to determine its validity. [READ MORE [Arrow]]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Linkedin]( [SCIENCE]SCIENCE [A star is orbiting the Milky Way’s black hole at 18 million miles an hour]( A newly-discovered star, (which has now been named S4716), [is traveling around the black hole]( at the center of our galaxy (the Milky Way) at a fairly rapid 5,000 miles (8,000 km) per second. [READ MORE [Arrow]]( And Other Stories in Science - 520-million-year-old fossils could [solve an evolutionary mystery](. - A [newly discovered 'tiny armed' dinosaur]( is 30 million years older than T. Rex. - Scientists just developed [a new 'super strong' material]( inspired by limpets. [INNOVATION]INNOVATION [A breakthrough could help detect early brain abnormalities with laser-based diamonds]( A new laser-based diamond sensor [has been developed]( that can measure magnetic fields and examine the brain and spinal cord up to 10 times better than any other instrument in existence. [READ MORE [Arrow]]( And Other Stories in Innovation - Next-day deliveries to space? Rocket Lab [announces ambitious new launch program](. - The [world's thinnest mechanical watch]( is here, and it costs almost $2 million! - SpaceX’s Starship prototype [is finally readying at the launch pad]( for orbital flight. [MAIL & MUSINGS]MAIL & MUSINGS The news that Jasmin Evans was completely cured of advanced breast cancer could represent a breakthrough for cancer sufferers everywhere. Will there be a cure for cancer in our lifetime? [Yes, advances are being made all the time.]( [Possibly, but maybe only certain types.]( [Maybe not, but treatments will improve.]( [It would be great, but it seems unlikely.]( YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Yesterday we asked if you think there’ll ever be a discovery in physics that will change the way we view our reality. And according to 40 percent of you, there certainly is, and it’s going to happen any day now. 40% Duh. Any day now. 29% I’d like that to happen, but reality is mundane. 19% I don’t think so. Today’s physics works. 12% Let’s ask the aliens first. [QUOTE OF THE DAY]QUOTE OF THE DAY “The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error." Bertolt Brecht in “The Life of Galileo” (1939) sc. 9 [THINGS WE LOVE]THINGS WE LOVE [image]( [Miatone Portable Speaker]( [image]( [Leupold BX-4 Binoculars]( [image]( [Deco Portable Ice Maker]( [image]( [ARB Portable Freezer]( [AND ANOTHER THING]AND ANOTHER THING - An Airbus A380 “flew 14 hours” with a hole in its side. [An expert explains how](. - [NASA makes contact]( with a satellite that broke free of Earth's orbit. (CNN) - China allegedly [built a hypersonic wind tunnel]( that’s too powerful for the grid. - Objective reality [may not exist at all]( quantum physicists say. (Popular Mechanics) - IBM’s 3D chip stacking process [could revive a famous rule]( on computing power. - Dark matter: [search for the invisible begins]( in an old gold mine. (The Guardian) - Fact check: Did the Warren Buffett-backed Chinese automaker [overtake Tesla in sales]( Prepared by Alice Cooke Enjoy Reading? Forward this email to a friend. Was this email forwarded to you? 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