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Still, Ingber says, "I think Folkman is truly the pioneer in this field and I guess the media feels that if he believes this [endostatin research] is the most exciting thing around, then they should give it their greatest attention. From this perspective, it is a reasonable response...
Despite the confused coverage of Folkman's work in the media, Ingber says endostatin has the potential to one day be a very important weapon in the fight against cancer and other diseases...
...addition, "many of the drugs which are in clinical trials and which the media has not focused on, also were a direct product of Folkman's work," Ingber says, citing TNP-470 and thalidomide as examples...
...while Ingber gives Folkman due credit, he questions the media's choice of how it focuses its coverage of anti-angiogenesis research...
...explains that the results of Folkman's work so far are based entirely on animal studies, and that most reported human results so far have come from Phase I trials, where the researchers mainly attempt to identify a drug's toxicity while the patients receive escalating doses...