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That even if its not a perfect match and the vaccine is not a perfect match with the strains that are circulating nationwide there is still some protection afforded by the vaccine. by all means if you havent gotten a flu shot yet you should get a flu shot. so the n2 strain is particularly difficult. is there a reason for that? or its just one that has mutated in a diabolical way. >> the mutation has to do with weather the vaccine will protect against the virus. the h3n2 is a common influenza str...

Cancer now or know someone who has it? what do you do? >> if the field of osteo sarcoma, in the field of head and neck cancers, breast cancer and prostate cancer, there are clinical trials that are ongoing. a company thats doing it is called advaxus. we use our own immune system to fight cancer cells. >> its going to work for all of our bodies? >> well every cancer is different and every person is different. the first thing youll be able to do in the future, 2015, you will be able to find out th...

It allows a certain freedom. >> my desire to wear cowboy boots and put a hat on right now, youre sympathetic to that? >> well, im from new mexico and yes, i would also like to put my curse word kicking boots and a hat. >> very kind of you. >> well, sure. >> tony, ive got a question for you. what do you think of new mexico? kind of what are your thoughts? >> im going to try to boil it down to a simple statement. if youre an easterner and you come out to new mexico, you start to see metaphors in e...

Yes, i would also like to put my curse word kicking boots and a hat. >> very kind of you. >> well, sure. >> tony, ive got a question for you. what do you think of new mexico? kind of what are your thoughts? >> im going to try to boil it down to a simple statement. if youre an easterner and you come out to new mexico, you start to see metaphors in everything. but actually, if you were to stretch a little bit, you could say that new mexico is a perfect metaphor for america. it is a total mutation....

Cells. this is a view inside the biochip as the tumor cells are being funneled to the top. >> if we can now monitor the cancer cell in the blood, we then have the path to getting this and winning this war. we never had this path before. >> after pulling out the circulating tumor cells, scientists can take them back to the genome sequencer to look for new mutation thats made them resistant to the initial treatment and hopefully find a new drug to treat it. its yet another angle he is taking to di...

>> the vast majority of mutations are are actually not a threat. so to figure out which mutations are are dangerous, he is going back in time. >> this national treasure -- in the basement of the john wayne cancer institute in santa monica, california, decades of cancer tissues were stored by scientists in deep freeze vats. now he wants to use technology that didnt exist back then to map the gee nom genomes. >> so even after a patient died, samples were stored here. they can go back and say they ...

70%. but whatever it is, we need to get it to protect pregnant women, those with chronic illnesses, kids with asthma. my own son is 9 and has asthma. i dont only want him to get the flu shot but i want everyone around him because it decreases the amount of fluid that comes into the house. >> how do you stop it? just wash your hands all the time? >> obviously dont touch your hands to your eyes. but i know as doctors we are supposed to say get your flu shot and thats correct. but if you have only ...

Every single general et uk mutation that could dry cancer. this is his plan. a patient anywhere in the world has his tumor biopsies. it is then created all the way down to the protein thats are produced. but only recently took months can now be done in a day. ultimately personalized information for each cancer patient would show up in the palm of his hand. >> this is a baby. >> thats it? >> that will be the worlds first browser of the cancer genome. think about that. youll be able to fly through...

Technology, we can watch it, catch it, outsmart it and play chess at this multidimensional level. >> to understand the significance of what he is touting, its important to know what cancer is. >> a cancer is not what people think cells growing. actual i had, a cancer is actually the inability of the cells to die. >> the key is figuring out the genetic mutation or glitch that prevents cells from dying a natural death. his hope is to provide patients with the precise genetic mutation thats fuel th...

We prove the therapies to be safe and effective for patients and we have to go through the fda and there may be room for improvement in the fda process as well. nsomething else that the doctor talked about. it is more mutation than location. and the thought that if you have lung cancer that is a specific type of treatment. and it may not be the location of where your particular cancer crops up? >> exactly. what he is suggesting that if you have a particular mutation that causes a cancer in the g...