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Scientists find 'unknown link' between lung cancer and common parasite (Active or latent Toxoplasma Gondii found in 100% of lung cancer patients (72/72))
Medical XPress / University of Salford / European Respiratory Journal ^ | May 30, 2019 | Jaroslav Bajnok et al

Posted on 11/02/2021 9:01:23 PM PDT by ConservativeMind

Toxoplasma gondii, a microscopic parasite that gets inside our cells, is present in about 10 percent of the population in the U.K.

But in tests on lung cancer patients, all were found to be infected with the parasite.

"It's a remarkable result which we don't fully understand yet," states Geoff Hide, Professor of Parasitology at the University of Salford. "It is possible that the presence of the parasite in these patients is exacerbating their symptoms of cancer or interfering with their therapy."

Working with Professor Dave Singh, clinical consultant at the Medicines Evaluation Unit at Manchester University, they tested 72 tissue samples from patients diagnosed with lung cancer and found the parasite in all of them.

Further analysis of parasite life-cycle stages suggested that 96 percent of these patients had active infections. Control samples returned only a 10 percent positive match, consistent with the national average.

Reporting in the Journal the European Respiratory Journal (Open Research), the team conducted diagnostic tests using five Toxoplasma specific PCR markers and specific immunohistochemistry demonstrated that the infection was present in lung biopsy samples.

T. gondii is capable of infecting virtually all warm-blooded animals, and is commonly acquired by consuming raw meat or infected water or soil or handling cat litter. It can also be transmitted from mother to unborn baby and induce miscarriage.

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


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cancer; cats; crazycatlady; dog; drugs; litter; medical; parasites; pets; pregnancy; toxoplasmagondii; weird
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If you know someone with lung cancer, please consider having them checked for T. Gondii. It may be possible to provide a medicine that can keep an active infection down.

Once infected, no one ever gets rid of T. Gondii. Our bodies merely hold it at bay.

Cats are the only animal that expels them. When infected, many millions are released and stay in your soil for years.

We had cats on our farm, but I wouldn’t have one, today. Just dogs.

1 posted on 11/02/2021 9:01:23 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic, hmmmmm.


2 posted on 11/02/2021 9:04:01 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I had to change my homepage because it was embellished somewhat. Apologies to all.)
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To: BipolarBob

I was just thinking the same thing.


3 posted on 11/02/2021 9:05:28 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: ConservativeMind

They just now found out?


4 posted on 11/02/2021 9:06:06 PM PDT by Fledermaus (I'll wear a mask when Dr. Fraudchi shuts the hell up.)
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To: BipolarBob

It doesn’t work on T. Gondii.


5 posted on 11/02/2021 9:07:00 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind
We had cats on our farm, but I wouldn’t have one, today. Just dogs.

Then other cats will find their way to your farm. They do wonders against the small varmint population.
6 posted on 11/02/2021 9:07:28 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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To: ConservativeMind
Cat Lady Disease.

7 posted on 11/02/2021 9:07:55 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: ConservativeMind; All

Where is the demand for crazy cat ladies to be removed from society...?

i mean that’s the knee-jerk standard operating procedure now

/sarc


8 posted on 11/02/2021 9:07:57 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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T. gondii is capable of infecting virtually all warm-blooded animals, and is commonly acquired by consuming raw meat or infected water or soil or handling cat litter.

I'm with you... no cats just dogs and birds.

9 posted on 11/02/2021 9:13:16 PM PDT by GOPJ (If liberty means anything ...it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. Orwell)
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To: ConservativeMind

Wow. Is this the same parasite that pregnant (or soon to be pregnant) women need to avoid (by staying away from soiled cat litter and cats generally) to avoid miscarriages or congenital problems for their newborn?


10 posted on 11/02/2021 9:13:27 PM PDT by House Atreides
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Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic, hmmmmm.

Ivermectin is effective against various types of worms. Toxo is a protozoa. Wiki lists a few drugs used to treat it, but doesn't say if they actually eliminate the parasite or just relieve the symptoms.

11 posted on 11/02/2021 9:15:57 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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I can do wonders with a gun on them.


12 posted on 11/02/2021 9:23:32 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: SeeSharp

Nothing eliminates it, unfortunately.


13 posted on 11/02/2021 9:25:21 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

https://www.drugs.com/condition/toxoplasmosis.html

(Goodnight Late! off to bed! )


14 posted on 11/02/2021 9:26:23 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Fledermaus

Article is from 2019.


15 posted on 11/02/2021 9:28:17 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

None cure the infection, but some can help reduce an active infection.


16 posted on 11/02/2021 9:28:20 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

I’ve read a (disgusting) but probably accurate theory that homosexual behavior is also driven by Toxoplasma gondii.


17 posted on 11/02/2021 9:30:27 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: ConservativeMind

Fenbendazol also is an anti parasitic medicine for dogs, and I personally know two people who got rid of their cancer with it. Neither was lung cancer though. But Google fenbebdazol [and] cancer. you will be amazed.


18 posted on 11/02/2021 9:33:51 PM PDT by babygene (hMake America Great Again)
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To: ConservativeMind

“It doesn’t work on T. Gondii.”

Fenbendazole does See #18


19 posted on 11/02/2021 9:38:15 PM PDT by babygene (hMake America Great Again)
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To: ConservativeMind

I currently have lung cancer. Don’t point that thing at me!


20 posted on 11/02/2021 9:46:15 PM PDT by Drumbo ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Robert A. Heinlein)
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