Another look at cancer cells

[Guest guest]

Below article was found at freshplaza.com. This is

very interesting and hope it leads to a breakthrough

in healing cancer. BTW, coconut oil is very anti

fungal. Colloidal silver i believe is also anti

fungal and so with moringa oleifera.

 

Melly

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Scientists look to natural compounds in fruits and

vegetables to win the war against cancer

 

Natural anti-fungal compounds found on common fruits

and vegetables could unlock the belly of a Trojan

horse lying latent inside cancer cells. Laboratory

tests have shown that the compounds, called

salvestrols, unleash a potent army of snipers that

pick off cancer cells without harming normal cells.

 

A small team of pharmacologists and bio-chemists in

England discovered the compounds almost four years

ago, and say they are an example of the potential

power of orthomolecular, or nutrition-based, medicine

even though it has only been tested in the lab.

 

About 250 orthomolecular practitioners from 14

countries will gather in Vancouver this weekend for

the 37th annual international conference on the

biochemical approach to health.

 

Orthomolecular medicine, meaning the right molecule,

argues that diseases are caused by chemical imbalances

in the body and that they can be corrected using

vitamins, minerals and amino acids.

 

The approach is still disputed by many in conventional

medicine, including the respected Cochrane Library,

which recently reviewed the literature on antioxidants

and found no evidence to support their use for

prevention.

 

But nutrition therapy has gained some credence lately

because of a growing body of evidence demonstrating

the value of food and food derivatives such as

omega-3s and Vitamin D to prevent and heal disease.

 

In the case of the anti-fungal compounds, its

proponents are convinced their presence or absence in

diet could help explain why some people get cancer and

some don't. They also believe it is a potent cancer

fighting therapy.

 

The as yet unproven therapy was discovered after Dan

Burke, a former University of Aberdeen toxicologist

and pharmaceutical metabolism professor who found an

enzyme called CYP1B1 (pronounced sip one bee one) that

is present in all cancer cells but absent in all

non-cancerous cells.

 

A mainstream cancer researcher for 30 years, Burke

knew he'd stumbled onto something big.

 

The problem with cancer is that unlike many diseases,

it has no alien source -- no infection or bacteria

towards which treatment can be directed.

 

Cancer cells are normal cells that don't die. They

just multiply forever. So current treatments, such as

chemotherapy and radiation, can't target just the

cancerous cells.

 

They can only carpet bomb the cancerous area,

destroying normal cells in the process and causing

immune deficiency, hair loss and other unpleasant side

effects.

 

In his enzyme, Burke had a target that drugs could

attack. He and colleague Gerry Potter, a professor of

medicinal chemistry with a long history of developing

anti-cancer drugs, began preliminary research into

creating a pro-drug, a drug that can enter all cells

but is harmless until it encounters the CYP1B1 enzyme.

 

" CYP1B1 is a Trojan horse, " Burke said in a recent

Vancouver interview. " It is intrinsic in cancer cells.

All you have to do is give it [a pro-drug] and it will

unleash the armies to kill the cancers cells. "

 

Source: canada.com