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Potential cancer breakthrough as 'groundbreaking' pill annihilates ALL types of solid tumors in early study
Daily Mail UK ^ | UPDATED: 09:01 EDT, 2 August 2023 | By CAITLIN TILLEY, HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Posted on 08/07/2023 1:25:53 PM PDT by Red Badger

* The pill works by killing a mutated protein which helps cancers to repair

* Scientists hope it can be used as a standalone therapy or alongside treatments

Scientists have developed a holy grail cancer drug that kills all solid cancer tumors while leaving other cells unharmed.

The new molecule targets a protein present in most cancers that helps tumors grow and multiply in the body.

It is significant because this protein - the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) - was previously thought to be 'undruggable'.

The drug was tested on 70 different cancer cells in the lab - including those derived from breast, prostate, brain, ovarian, cervical, skin, and lung cancer - and was effective against them all.

The pill is the culmination of 20 years of research and development by the City of Hope Hospital in Los Angeles, one of America's largest cancer centers.

The medicine is codenamed AOH1996 after Anna Olivia Healy, who died in 2005 from a deadly childhood cancer aged nine. Dr Linda Malkas, who leads the research team, met Anna's father just before she died and was inspired to find a cure in her memory.

It comes amid excitement that cancer will be curable within the coming decade, a claim that has been made by the scientists who invented the Pfizer Covid vaccine.

Curing cancer has also been a key goal of President Joe Biden — with his relaunched Cancer Moonshot operation in 2022 aiming to reduce the cancer death rate by half in the next 25 years.

But he was slammed last week for claiming that his administration had 'ended cancer as we know it' - even though there are signs death rates are slowing.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; History; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: cancer; tumors
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To: Red Badger

New!


21 posted on 08/07/2023 3:22:24 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Red Badger

They can’t officially cure cancer; it would bankrupt Sloan Kettering hospital, the National Cancer society, and thousands of oncologists.

But if you have cancer and prefer to stay alive a while longer, it’s worth trying IP6.


22 posted on 08/07/2023 4:10:56 PM PDT by devere
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To: Sequoyah101

I wonder what price they will put on this “saving your life” drug this time?

My question as well.
$10,000 a pill?
$100,000 a pill?…..


23 posted on 08/07/2023 4:28:37 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Red Badger
If they actually did find a sure fire cure for cancer the laboratory where it was developed would be firebombed and the scientist responsible would be found floating in the ocean. There's too much money made from treating, but not curing cancer.

If you need further evidence of this then look at all the current negative press around Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro. These drugs are the closest things to miracle drugs that have come out in the last 20 years yet the media blitz against them is unrelenting with non-stop articles grossly exaggerating rare side effects. At the same time insurers are doing everything they can do to stop people from getting them. If the 40% of the country that is obese lost weight and got healthy then a whole lot of the money spent on treating the effects of obesity would suddenly dry up. There are trillions of dollars a year made from treating complications caused by obesity, we can't have people suddenly getting healthy and that stop.

24 posted on 08/07/2023 6:21:20 PM PDT by GaryCrow
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To: Red Badger

mRNA?


25 posted on 08/07/2023 7:40:03 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

Healthcare is 20% of our GDP.

We can’t have people getting well and staying healthy! It’s not good for the economy!...............


26 posted on 08/08/2023 5:01:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: lgjhn23

You do realize that the government gets a heads-up well before the public on these types of things. He probably knew well in advance so that he could claim credit.......................


27 posted on 08/08/2023 5:03:11 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: GaryCrow

I started Mounjaro on 7/28/23 and have lost 11 pounds so far. The stuff works. No real side-effects yet besides reduced appetite. 2.5mg weekly.


28 posted on 08/08/2023 5:08:30 AM PDT by Tuxedo (Tick... tock)
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To: Red Badger

If this really does cure cancer, I don’t care who claims the credit. Lost too many good friends and relatives to this nastiness.


29 posted on 08/08/2023 5:09:44 AM PDT by Tuxedo (Tick... tock)
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To: sjmjax

There’s little profit in a cure. The big money is in “treatment”.
_________________

Bingo sjmjax. Excellent summary of our medical system. “No margin no mission” .


30 posted on 08/08/2023 9:17:08 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner (Vivamus stultus ignarus mori )
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