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E|SCIENCE| 2. THE PROMISE OF FIBRE DIFFRACTION DIAGNOSIS apan, she found strange rings superimposed on the normal hair patterns; and after blaming and reassembling the machine, she found hat only eight of the 19 samples showed this ring. Prof. James sen back to England the numbers o hese samples, thinking that they might have something in common— same family, same shampoo, same airdresser, etc. Their return emai stated simply that she had picked ou all the breast cancer patients. This was confirmed by taking these and further blinded sets to other synchrotrons. The changes relating to other cancers and Alzheimer's disease were found in the 4,000 subsequent blinded tests from 14 different international sources when patients with other cancers were included to prove that the discovered change was specific to breast cancer. As each new change was identified, further studies were undertaken to verify the specificity of each of these new changes. A subsequent study at the local Daresbury synchrotron of 14 skin samples did show a possible foetal- ike change similar to the penultimate change in the breast. Christie Hospital oncologists agreed to provide 200 samples to confirm these results, but when James arrived in England to collect them, the samples ad disappeared from their freezer. As Prof. James had already studied changes in hair in insulin-dependent diabetes and was due in Japan the ollowing day, she asked if a clinic was in progress and, on being told hat it was, asked if a hair sample could be taken from each of the participants. With hoots of laughter hey agreed, asking her what she hought she would find. She told hem nothing, except that she would not be in disgrace in Japan for arriving without any samples. They were still laughing when she collected these samples the next day. When Prof. James started to look at the samples the following day in is a method for detecting cancer using X-rays of hair, nail clippings or skin. This invention can reliably reveal the presence of many serious diseases, including prostate, breast and colon cancer, melanoma, Alzheimer's disease and_ insulin dependence. Early diagnosis of these diseases can be the difference between life and death, and the creation of a non- invasive test that is accurate and can be easily undertaken has the potential to save countless lives. Fe: Diffraction Diagnosis (FDD) A Significant Discovery We've come a long way in the treatments available for people with cancer, but early diagnosis is crucial to people's chances of survival. Until now, there have been no reliable, non-invasive diagnostic tests for some of the most common and aggressive forms of cancer. Professor Veronica James stumbled upon a massive discovery almost by accident when she noticed that certain patterns in people's hair can reveal the presence of a number of diseases, including cancer and Alzheimer's disease. This was one of those totally serendipitous discoveries. In 1996, Prof. James reported to the medical personnel at Christie Hospital, Manchester, the four changes she ad observed in the collagenous ductal tissue of the breast which precede breast cancer, noting that, in he final stage, the breast tissue had reversed to foetal tissue. Prof. James was asked whether she had observed similar foetal tissue in the skin as ad been reported in breast cancer. SURE, BUT WHEN YoU TAKE INTO ACcouNT THE CURVED WARP OF SPACE-TIME FABRIC IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE METER, I strict HAVE Ar’ OTHER NIWE HovRs, Me NEXUS ¢ 49 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2011 www.nexusmagazine.com