[Dreagon]

Maybe we will be lucky, and cancer will go the way of many other diseases......

brought low by a shot in the butt.

[spanalot]

Another cure for cancer - where are my smokes!

[Kevmo]

Bookmark.

[Eagles6]

I hope it turns out.

[aculeus]

Interesting.

[AFreeBird]

This was also posted: Small molecule offers hope for cancer treatment

Technically; you're a dupe.

[GoldCountryRedneck]

Unless the FDA fast-tracks it, it will be years before US patients see it...

[bill1952]

Yawn. Bird flu and third world cancer cures suppressed by the evil military industrial complex.

Heard it all in the 70s when it was swine flu and apricot pit extract.

[upchuck]

Wow, this is incredible.

Sure hope it proves true.

[Salvation]

22 years too late in my husband's case.

[G Larry]

No Patent?

Nobody will ever credibly promote it, because if a company can't protect it's profitablity, they'd rather undermine it.
And the Doctor's will join the drug companies in undermining it for the same reason.

Do you have any idea how HUGE the cancer treatment industry is???
I only truly learned after going through radiation at one facility and chemo at another, during combined treatment.
It's amazing how many patients they crank through there in any given week!

[KingKenrod]

Since the drug is already used to treat a disease (I assume with FDA approval), why should any drug company that wants to sell it need to re-prove its safety, at least at approved dosage? The risks should already be documented. Drug companies can't market the drug as a 'cancer killer', but doctors can prescribe a drug for anything they want.

[SpaceBar]

Here's a related article and summary by the same group of Canadian researchers cited in the journal Cancer Cell (complete article requires purchase).

A Mitochondria-K+ Channel Axis Is Suppressed in Cancer and Its Normalization Promotes Apoptosis and Inhibits Cancer Growth

Summary

The unique metabolic profile of cancer (aerobic glycolysis) might confer apoptosis resistance and be therapeutically targeted. Compared to normal cells, several human cancers have high mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) and low expression of the K+ channel Kv1.5, both contributing to apoptosis resistance. Dichloroacetate (DCA) inhibits mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK), shifts metabolism from glycolysis to glucose oxidation, decreases ΔΨm, increases mitochondrial H2O2, and activates Kv channels in all cancer, but not normal, cells; DCA upregulates Kv1.5 by an NFAT1-dependent mechanism. DCA induces apoptosis, decreases proliferation, and inhibits tumor growth, without apparent toxicity. Molecular inhibition of PDK2 by siRNA mimics DCA. The mitochondria-NFAT-Kv axis and PDK are important therapeutic targets in cancer; the orally available DCA is a promising selective anticancer agent.

[DainBramage]

Reportedly the Acai berry from the Amazon kills cancer cells and is the number 1 antioxidant in the world by ten fold.

[BenLurkin]

Could this be true?

[Running On Empty]

Marking

[DocRock]

Bookmark to read later

[Bender2]

bump for later read

[Rumplemeyer]

Ping, Read Later

[Sergio]

Bookmark.