Posted on 08/20/2007 8:23:48 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
Inventor from Erie, P.A. teams up with leading cancer center. The work has been quietly been going on for the last three years in a no-frills laboratory in Erie, Pennsylvania. Inventor, John Kanzius, working with Jim and Charlie Rutkowski, have been perfecting a device that will kill cancer cells with a radio frequency.
This humble workspace could soon become the epicenter of one of the most stunning scientific breakthroughs in cancer treatment in years.
Using the Kanzius RF machine and special nanoparticles, it appears that cancer cells can be targeted and killed without harming the rest of the body.
This is a deeply personal mission for John Kanzius. He is struggling to beat leaukemia. And he knows firsthand how tough standard treatments like chemotherapy and radiation can be on the body.
Kanzius told Channel 3's Mike O'Mara that, "If this ends up working they way it looks, it really could be the holy grail of cancer research."
The entire city of Erie is buzzing about John's invention. Two weekends ago, thousands turned out for a motorcycle rally called "Roar On The Shore". All the money is going to help John's cancer research.
Ralph Pontillo is the head of the Erie Manufacturers Association. He is proud that his city can help the Kanzius project.
"It's amazing, said Ralph, "that in the very near future someone is going to stick a pin on a map and say this is where cancer was cured. And that pin is going to be Erie, Pennsylvania. That blows your mind and that is inconceivable."
Former Erie Mayor, Joyce Savocchio, said "there are nights that I think about it and I can't go to sleep. It just enfolds you that you are on the brink of history and something so enormous that you can't imagine it."
The excitement is not limited to Erie, Pennsylvania. In Houston, Texas at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, a team of scientists believe that John Kanzius has the key to something extraordinary.
MD Anderson is one of the most respected cancer centers in the world. 79 thousand cancer patients were treated at the huge campus in Houston last year.
Doctor Steven Curley is leading the research team at MD Anderson. Dr. Curley is the author of over 110 publications and 30 book chapters, many dealing with the treatment of patients with hepotocellular cancer, gallbladder cancer, bile duct cancer, or liver metastases.
Curley is brimming with cautious optimism.
"If we can come up with ways of delivering these particles to the cancer cells, but not to normal cells," Curley said, "this treatment will work. There's not a doubt in my mind. Any kind of cancer, anywhere in the body!"
Doctor Curley's team is ready to publish their first results using laboratory animals. So far, the targeted nanoparticles and the Kanzius RF machine have passed every test.
"There is a great deal of work that has to be done", said Curley. "However, I suspect once the manuscripts are published, there's going to be a real rush of excitement about this whole process. I've already warned John to get ready because the floodgates are about to open."
Kanzius wants to make sure his invention does not get sidelined by an unsympathetic corporation that might not want see an effective treatment on the market.
Said Kanzius, "venture capitalists, big pharmaceuticals that might want to buy this to tempt me and stop the research, not going to happen. There is no amount of money that can buy me off. You can not put a price on a human life."
When the revolutionary treatment is ready for human clinical trials, you can bet that Erie, Pennsylvania will go to the front of the line. And why not, since the inventor lives just a few miles away.
When Dr. Steven Curley of M.D. Anderson states publicly that he is cautiously optimistic, it is time to sit up and take notice.
Thanks, I appreciate your concern and your prayers. May God bless you and yours.
Thank you. I think I’m in the clear now. None of my doctors, including the head of radiation, had ever seen my situation, Apparently there have been only 5 cases in soCal.
Carolyn
Carolyn
Thanks for the prayers. We were told yesterday that she does have cancer - here we go again...
Very interesting. I’d go for it for a 50 percent chance, unless I was 80-90 something and had a bunch of other problems, then I’d be ready to go “home.”
Yes, I know. I don’t know about you, but I don’t know enough about the different mixtures to tell anyone which one they need. I leave it to the specialists. It still sucks.
God bless you and keep you healthy.
You got that right. That’s why I took it seriously. Why be pessimistic, when one can be optimistic? Some of the Freepers on here seem to be cynically pessimistic, in fact.
Hey - thanks for that link to the article in the Gazette. It had a lot of detail that wasn’t in mine.
I guess I’ll have to remain cautiously optimistic, as is Dr. Curley at MD Anderson. Also, I like Santorum, so glad to see his name come up.
Hey, if he can do it I’m all for hailing Erie as the town of the greatest scienfitic discovery of my time.
Thats the billion dollar question. I heard a couple years ago about a similiar idea, involving ultrasound I think. Or some other wave to trigger them the nano particles to heat up, killing the cell.
They were trying to engineer shapes onto the particle that would interact with the cells dendrites. They said cancer cells have their own unique dendrites. Although I would guess each type of cancer has different types of dendrites. However engineering such shapes is an nanotech challenge.. then figuring out how to manufacture in enough quantity to wipe out all the cells you want to kill.
Luckily our ability to engineer in the nano dimensions is increasing at a great pace.
Please ping me if you hear anymore developments by these scientists. I will add info if I see developments down a similiar line of research.
One thing that is heartening to me about your posts and others in this thread is the optimism, that yes we can find cures for cancers.. and that it would be a good thing.
Its sad and pathetic but amongst some liberals I talk to online or in person.. they would immediately question whether this would be a good thing for the world. A world in their mind struggling with overpopulation already. Their next complaint before ever being positive would be that if it came only rich people or at most people in rich countries would get the treatment.. while the poor would go without.
Only God knows - it would be cool though. How about just having it happen in the U.S.? I’d like that.
Please email me so I remember your FR name - I’m not as savvy as others on here - and I promise to ping you. I have a friend involved in research (not this specific area, but another area of cancer research) so I do try to keep up. Besides, now that my mom has cancer again, it’s a personal thing too.
He's watched too many movies.
MD Anderson is one of the most respected cancer centers in the world. 79 thousand cancer patients were treated at the huge campus in Houston last year.
79 thousand patients in a year? Wow!
You nailed it in #10. Inept reporting.
And if they "bought out" this amazing cancer cure, they'd make money in the high billions. Which is the statement makes no sense, and sets of my BS detector.
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