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Delving into what the company does supply, there are two graphs and some pictures taken down a microscope, much less than I provided from a 6-week undergraduate research project a decade ago.

But is there any way the treatment could possibly be proven in a year, even if their approach does work?

"I doubt it, based on what they disclosed to the public. Apparently, the work has only been done in mice. Anything tested in mice has to undergo testing in other animal species, be formulated, and then approved to administration in Phase I clinical trials in humans," said Dr Benjamin G. Neel, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine at NYU School of Medicine and Director of the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center.

The Israeli company also claims that their therapy will work for all types of cancer. To those involved in cancer research, this is a huge red flag. There are broadly over 200 different types of cancer and within those, multiple other subtypes. For there to be one, universal "cancer cure," that overcomes all of these differences is highly unlikely.

If it ever comes to fruition, it is unlikely to come from a company whose website offers merely two crudely made graphs to prove this and whose chief scientist appears to have largely published in the botanical sciences, the last paper being 17 years ago. A search of the chief scientist on PubMed, which indexes all papers involving medical research returns no results.

"One should never say never in science, but I think it is quite unlikely that we will see a single magic bullet for cancer. We don't have single magic bullets for infectious disease--different infections require different antibiotics, and even then, antibiotic resistance develops. Cancer is not a single disease--its multiple diseases, each caused by different combinations of genetic changes within different types of target cells. We already know how to cure many forms of cancer, and notably, all of these cures are different," said Neel.

To those involved in cancer research, this is a huge red flag.

I bet it is. Think how much money will be lost if a cure really is found.

“But is there any way the treatment could possibly be proven in a year, even if their approach does work?”

So I have no idea if this can work. I am not in the medical field. But I did her one of the researchers on a radio program. He did not say they could cure all cancers in a year. He said they could cure a cancer in a year. That it had something to do with adjusting the treatment to the specific patient. And that as their library of successful treatments grew they could cure most cancers in a decade or two. Again, could be the Sham-Wow guy. But I am still hopeful.

But think of all the rejoicing in the millions of mice families in the world; grandma mouseling can get her cancer cured now!!