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This cancer cure will make you sick
Cosmos ^ | August 23, 2010 | Kate Heness

Posted on 11/24/2010 6:34:24 PM PST by decimon

SYDNEY: Treating tumours with Salmonella bacteria induces an immune response that effectively kills cancer cells, Italian scientists announced.

This research could lead to that holy grail of modern medicine: a cure for cancer.

“We demonstrated that it is possible … to generate immunotherapy protocols that are effective in controlling the growth of established tumours or in vaccinating against tumours,” said co-author Maria Rescigno of the study published in Science Translational Medicine.

Invisible cancer cells

The body’s natural immune responses are often able to detect and destroy early cancer cells. But as tumour cells progress and proliferate, they can become invisible to immune cells.

Salmonella bacteria cause illnesses such as typhoid fever and the food-bourn disease salmonellosis. Since their discovery they have generally been reviled by humanity, but that may be about to change.

A team of Italian scientists have demonstrated that an injection of Salmonella bacteria into tumours can render them ‘visible’ again.

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“There are several strains [of Salmonella] that … don’t cause disease and can be safely used in humans,” Rescigno reported. “In fact, we already have a protocol in melanoma patients in which we inject Salmonella directly [into] the tumour.”

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(Excerpt) Read more at cosmosmagazine.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: cancer; health; immunology; medicine
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To: decimon

> “This research could lead to that holy grail of modern medicine: a cure for cancer.”

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That line would at least be laughable were it not for the medical establishment’s maniacal attempts to outlaw the many powerful and successful cancer cures that are out there, that they refuse to allow, lest their bottom line be reduced.
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21 posted on 11/26/2010 12:45:04 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
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To: AndrewC

Thanks for the link!


22 posted on 11/26/2010 2:15:20 PM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: neverdem

You are very welcome. Thanks for your link.


23 posted on 11/26/2010 3:30:08 PM PST by AndrewC
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To: decimon

This is actually NOT a new idea. In the early 1900s, one treatment for syphillis was infection with malaria. The fever was supposed to kill the syphillitic infection, and then malaria could be treated with quinine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphilis

Check under 6.4


24 posted on 11/26/2010 3:50:01 PM PST by Judith Anne (Holy Mary, Mother of God, please pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death.)
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To: metmom

Thank you so much for sharing your insight, dear sister in Christ!


25 posted on 11/26/2010 8:07:18 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: cpanther70

PING!


26 posted on 12/10/2010 4:15:07 PM PST by tpanther (Science was, is and will forever be a small subset of God's creation.)
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