Guest guest Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 Anyone else hear about this? > Scientists cure cancer, but no one takes noticeBy: David > McRaneyPosted: 1/23/07 > EDITORS NOTE: > > Since the original publication of this article we have been > inundated with responses from the public at all walks of life. It > is important to note that research is ongoing with DCA, and not > everyone is convinced it will turn out to be a miracle drug. There > have been many therapies that were promising in vitro and in animal > models that did not work for one reason or another in humans. To > provide false hope is not our intention. There is a lot of > information on DCA available on the web, and this column is but one > opinion on the topic. We hope you will do your own research into > the situation. So, we have added links to resources at the end of > this column. If you are arriving here form a linking website like > Fark, then those links will not appear because they tend to grab > only the text. For those visitors, here is a link to the original > research: www.depmed.ualberta.ca/dca > > END NOTE > > Scientists may have cured cancer last week. > > Yep. > > So, why haven't the media picked up on it? > > Here's the deal. Researchers at the University of Alberta in > Edmonton, Canada found a cheap and easy to produce drug that kills > almost all cancers. The drug is dichloroacetate, and since it is > already used to treat metabolic disorders, we know it should be no > problem to use it for other purposes. > > Doesn't this sound like the kind of news you see on the front page > of every paper? > > The drug also has no patent, which means it could be produced for > bargain basement prices in comparison to what drug companies > research and develop. > > Scientists tested DCA on human cells cultured outside the body > where it killed lung, breast and brain cancer cells, but left > healthy cells alone. Rats plump with tumors shrank when they were > fed water supplemented with DCA. > > Again, this seems like it should be at the top of the nightly news, > right? > > Cancer cells don't use the little power stations found in most > human cells - the mitochondria. Instead, they use glycolysis, which > is less effective and more wasteful. > > Doctors have long believed the reason for this is because the > mitochondria were damaged somehow. But, it turns out the > mitochondria were just dormant, and DCA starts them back up again. > > The side effect of this is it also reactivates a process called > apoptosis. You see, mitochondria contain an all-too-important self- > destruct button that can't be pressed in cancer cells. Without it, > tumors grow larger as cells refuse to be extinguished. Fully > functioning mitochondria, thanks to DCA, can once again die. > > With glycolysis turned off, the body produces less lactic acid, so > the bad tissue around cancer cells doesn't break down and seed new > tumors. > > Here's the big catch. Pharmaceutical companies probably won't > invest in research into DCA because they won't profit from it. It's > easy to make, unpatented and could be added to drinking water. > Imagine, Gatorade with cancer control. > > So, the groundwork will have to be done at universities and > independently funded laboratories. But, how are they supposed to > drum up support if the media aren't even talking about it? > > All I can do is write this and hope Google News picks it up. In the > meantime, tell everyone you know and do your own research. > > This is a column of opinion written by Printz Executive Editor > David McRaney. Comments can be sent to printz > > C Copyright 2007 Student Printz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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