# The Omnibus Good News Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923 "2023-02-16T23:48:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/121 "2023-11-15T19:26:53Z")
More congratulations! You worked hard for this. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/122 "2023-11-15T22:08:51Z")
Yaay!! Happy beyond words for you and for him. Sounds like this will only get easier. Not that raising a teen is easy exactly, but the less extra crapola you have to deal with without appropriate support the better. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/123 "2023-11-16T13:43:52Z")
Happy Weasels Day! Thanks for all your updates, keep 'em coming, even as he gets his third doctorate or Nobel Prize. Oh, do post this in the monthly mini-rants where your support group has been invested in your saga. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/124 "2023-11-18T18:21:51Z")
This story made me weepy: > **[NICU nurse adopts 14-year-old patient who delivered triplets alone](https://www.upworthy.com/nicu-nurse-teen-mom-rp3)** > > ​“I knew it would be impossible to find a foster home that would take all four of them. No one was going to take a teen mom and her preemie triplets.” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/125 "2023-11-22T17:05:58Z")
Hopefully this makes prosthetics cheaper and more accessible. I’m no expert, though. > **[Robotic Hand with Bones, Ligaments and Tendons Created for First Time Using...](https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/robotic-hand-with-bones-ligaments-and-tendons-created-for-first-time-using-3d-printing/)** > > They say these materials have "decisive" advantages as they have enhanced elastic properties and are more durable and robust. And this seems like an idea that would be valuable all over the world. Congrats to the award winner: > **[Young Inventor Surprised With 2023 Dyson Award for ‘The Life Chariot’...](https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/james-dyson-surprises-young-inventor-inventor-with-the-2023-dyson-award-for-his-offload-medevac-trailer/)** > > The Life Chariot can attach to any trailer hook, carry a stretcher between two seats, and won inventor Piotr the James Dyson Award 2023. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/126 "2023-11-24T12:58:15Z")
Crane operator lifts man from top of burning building … > **[Reading fire: Crane operator thanked for 'skilful rescue'](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-67517312)** > > The crane worker lifted a man to safety from the fire as flames and smoke billowed around him. scary biscuits !! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/127 "2023-11-28T16:35:27Z")
I’m glad that Russia won’t get their mitts on this treasure. > **[Ancient Ukraine treasures returned after court battle](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67541168)** > > Golden helmets and precious gems are sent to Kyiv after a 10-year row with Russia over their ownership. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/128 "2023-12-05T14:29:59Z")
Cat at my local train station … > **[All Aboard: cat greets commuters at Stevenage Train station | What a great...](https://www.facebook.com/NypostLifestyle/videos/846553933670740/)** > > What a great way to start your day! 🐱 I might take a walk down there ! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/129 "2023-12-12T15:24:40Z")
A vaccine for an aggressive form of breast cancer may be only five years away. Here’s hoping that it works, and perhaps sparks ideas for other vaccines. [Breast cancer vaccine now in early clinical trials: What to know - ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/breast-cancer-vaccine-now-early-clinical-trials/story?id=105550075) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/130 "2023-12-12T19:05:45Z")
The term “Phase I” means they proved their vaccine didn’t immediately and obviously harm the test subjects. Nothing more. For sure it would be totally excellent if Phases 2 & 3, which attempt to show that the vaccine delivers results, would come out well. Triple negative BC is a nasty, nasty disease responsible for a lot of human suffering. A problem with vaccine development, as opposed to treatment development, is you’re looking for the long-term statistical dog that didn’t bark. IOW > We vaccinated a bunch of people. A couple got cancer later. In the general unvaccinated population we’d expect a couple more to have gotten cancer. Does our vaccine deserve the credit for the difference or was it luck or some other unnoticed factor? The way to honestly resolve that difference is with decade-long trials involving tens of thousands of participants. The cheap way is a 1-2 year trial with a hundred participants then out-shout the naysayers. IMO that article is essentially a press release by the CEO saying “Buy our stock!” ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/131 "2023-12-13T16:55:33Z")
_ **TL/DR** : I think the study was more like investigating treatment of disease with a conventional drug than investigating prophlaxis via a vaccination program_ > [@LSLGuy](#): > > A problem with vaccine development, as opposed to treatment development, is you’re looking for the long-term statistical dog that didn’t bark. IOW > > > We vaccinated a bunch of people. A couple got cancer later. In the general unvaccinated population we’d expect a couple more to have gotten cancer. Does our vaccine deserve the credit for the difference or was it luck or some other unnoticed factor? I don’t _think_ this is true in this case. Yes, vaccines are typically given to healthy persons for the purpose of preventing disease; this “vaccine” isn’t (in this study). (There’s a specific term for this sort of immunotherapy in Europe, but I can’t remember it - I’m suffering from being too long retired). From the [press release](https://ir.anixa.com/press-releases/detail/1030/anixa-biosciences-and-cleveland-clinic-present-positive-new) > **Patients who had been curatively treated** for TNBC [triple negative breast cancer] received three vaccinations given once every two weeks. IFNγ and IL-17, which are T cell immune response indicators (cellular immunity), and antibody production (B cell humoral immunity) were measured to evaluate the vaccination effect. My bold. And from [another article](https://www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/news/anixa-breast-cancer-vaccine/?cf-view) > “Our goal is to initially evaluate the vaccine’s ability to prevent recurrence of cancer in survivors, and continue with extension studies to eventually determine its effectiveness in preventing the initial onset of TNBC.” … > > [and in further patient cohorts] > > …The first cohort is currently assessing the vaccine along with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in post-operative breast cancer patients with residual disease after receiving neoadjuvant chemo-immunotherapy. So as I understand it this study is about treatment of cancer patients (I assume the patients’ treatment must have left residual cancer to produce a recurrence; but we’re above my pay grade here). I don’t know whether we should consider this to be like the conventional use of vaccines, but restricted to a super-high risk group; or simply treatment of disease. This article then goes on to talk about using the drug more like a conventional vaccine, but restricted to a high risk group (patients with BRCA1, BRCA2, or PALB2 mutation.) j ETA: This > [@LSLGuy](#): > > The term “Phase I” means they proved their vaccine didn’t immediately and obviously harm the test subjects. Nothing more. -is of course correct and important. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/132 "2023-12-21T17:32:39Z")
This week in therapy, **Wee Weasel** said, and I quote, “I want to play with friends.” !!! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/133 "2023-12-23T23:08:42Z")
Thank you for your information! > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > This week in therapy, **Wee Weasel** said, and I quote, “I want to play with friends.” > > !!! That’s awesome! Here’s a happy story for the holidays. A remarkable young man. > **[Teen who battled leukemia and homelessness as a child graduates college at 18](https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/teen-battled-leukemia-homelessness-child-graduates-college-18/story?id=105799844)** > > Dallas Salas, who battled leukemia and homelessness as a child, has graduated from ASU at age 18 with a bachelor's in neuroscience. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/134 "2023-12-23T23:22:32Z")
Beautiful story. Sounds like he will go far. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/135 "2024-01-05T16:39:18Z")
Bump! > **[Dolly Parton gives surprise gift to Texas queen who fought state’s drag ban](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/01/dolly-parton-gives-surprise-gift-to-texas-queen-who-fought-states-drag-ban/)** > > “I honestly can’t believe it’s even real,” the drag performer said... ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/136 "2024-01-12T13:26:56Z")
> **[$100M will be left for Native Hawaiian causes from the estate of an heiress...](https://apnews.com/article/hawaiian-princess-estate-wealth-9fade0a591ddbdbcf31b7eb6248c574d?user_email=285e44649b6f172f7e594b6e0d55c50866126285ca0911a0376fb69af227b808&utm_medium=Morning_Wire&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire%20Official_11%20Jan_2024&utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers)** > > There will be at least $100 million left in the estate of the so-called last Hawaiian princess to support Native Hawaiian culture. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/137 "2024-01-12T14:12:42Z")
I had no idea Dolly was an LGTBTQ ally, but it doesn’t particularly surprise me, because she’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/138 "2024-01-12T14:19:33Z")
Yeah, she is one person I can accept as a _real_ Christian. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/139 "2024-01-12T15:50:20Z")
Cape Verde is malaria free for the first time in 50 years! > **[Cape Verde reaches malaria-free milestone](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67951537)** > > The island state becomes the first sub-Saharan country to get rid of the deadly disease in 50 years. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923/140 "2024-01-13T22:20:34Z")
Scored some Huy Fong chili garlic sauce at the store today! They’ve been out of stock forever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-good-news-thread/979923.md?page=8)