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    Scientists cure cancer, nobody notices

    Because this cure won't make them the moneeeeeeeeeeeeeys.

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    Scientists cured cancer last week.

    Yep.

    So, why hasn't the media picked up on it?

    Here's the deal. Researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada found a cheap and easy to produce drug that kills almost all cancers. The drug is dichloroacetate, and since it is already used to treat metabolic disorders, we know it should be no problem to use it for other purposes.

    Doesn't this sound like the kind of news you see on the front page of every paper?

    The drug also has no patent, which means it could be produced for bargain basement prices in comparison to what drug companies research and develop.

    Scientists tested DCA on human cells cultured outside the body where it killed lung, breast and brain cancer cells, but left healthy cells alone. Rats plump with tumors shrank when they were fed water supplemented with DCA.

    Again, this seems like it should be at the top of the nightly news, right?

    Cancer cells don't use the little power stations found in most human cells - the mitochondria. Instead, they use glycolysis, which is less effective and more wasteful.

    Doctors have long believed the reason for this is because the mitochondria were damaged somehow. But, it turns out the mitochondria were just dormant, and DCA starts them back up again.

    The side effect of this is it also reactivates a process called apoptosis. You see, mitochondria contain an all-too-important self-destruct button that can't be pressed in cancer cells. Without it, tumors grow larger as cells refuse to be extinguished. Fully functioning mitochondria, thanks to DCA, can once again die.

    With glycolysis turned off, the body produces less lactic acid, so the bad tissue around cancer cells doesn't break down and seed new tumors.

    Here's the big catch. Pharmaceutical companies probably won't invest in research into DCA because they won't profit from it. It's easy to make, unpatented and could be added to drinking water. Imagine, Gatorade with cancer control.

    So, the groundwork will have to be done at universities and independently funded laboratories. But, how are they supposed to drum up support if the media aren't even talking about it?

    All I can do is write this and hope Google News picks it up. In the meantime, tell everyone you know and do your own research.

    This is a column of opinion written by Printz Executive Editor David McRaney. Comments can be sent to [email protected]

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    I don't know... it sounds almost too good to be true. I hope that you and all this information are right and that it really gains momentum in the medical field, but somehow - something just doesn't sound right.

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    If this DCA isn't harmful to humans, why can't cancer patients just start using it and see if it works? Is it prescription only? I would want a lot more info on it before I jumped in with both feet. Just me though....


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    "Dichloroacetate" does not make sense as a chemical name. I'm leary about any compounds containing chlorine; I smell fish about this.
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    I am not sure about this but I did find the original article. It is part of a site called newscientist.com which claims on their main page to be the world's #1 science and technology news service. Anyway....

    ....here it is


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    Seems true. It was published in one of my local newspapers. It is also on the University of Alberta website.

    Dichloroacetic Acid: (systematic name dichloroethanoic acid, also known as Dichloroacetate or DCA) is an analogue of acetic acid in which two of the three hydrogen atoms of the methyl group have been replaced by chlorine atoms. It is prepared by the reduction of trichloroacetic acid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smokey the elder
    "Dichloroacetate" does not make sense as a chemical name. I'm leary about any compounds containing chlorine; I smell fish about this.

    You eat a compound containing chlorine everyday. It's called salt. I believe that this is the real deal. It's mentioned in the wikipedia article, and on the University of Alberta site.

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    New Scientist are fairly reputable. Isn't it ironic, that the possible cure/more effective treatment for cancer can't be patented? That's fantastic, everyone, although it's going to cause issues at first, it means the drug companies can't charge a hefty fee for it *oh yeah, victory dance time* ... could you just imagine what those scums would charge for a cancer "cure"?????

    Let's hope that someone helps get this off the ground. I'm sure they won't be short of volunteers wanting to give it a go.

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    I sure would love for the cure to be that simple. My fiance's mom has cancer...it would be so awesome if we could get our hands on some of that "miracle drug" that nobody wants to talk about. I hate it how they won't bring it out to the public because they will "loose" money. I guess those morons would rather see people die then get well and live a healthy happy life. They stink!!!

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    Heck, they give us medicines that cause us to get sick when it is suppose to make us well, their medicines kill and disable healthy people... They don't want us healthy, they would go broke. A cheap cure for cancer... I hope someone puts this stuff on every shelf at every drug store and wal mart just to show the big parma's! Just think of the money they are making from the people with cancer....everybody profits!

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    Here's the Wikipedia page for dichloroacetate / dichloroacetic acid.

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    Hey folks, the article does say that research is continuing into this matter, scientists are pursuing it. There's no conspiracy against it.

    Considering how many kinds of cancer there are, how varied the causes and effects are, I doubt any one thing could "cure" them all.

    From the original article, probably added after it was posted here:

    EDITORS NOTE:

    Since the original publication of this article we have been inundated with responses from the public at all walks of life. It is important to note that research is ongoing with DCA, and not everyone is convinced it will turn out to be a miracle drug. There have been many therapies that were promising in vitro and in animal models that did not work for one reason or another in humans. To provide false hope is not our intention. There is a lot of information on DCA available on the web, and this column is but one opinion on the topic. We hope you will do your own research into the situation. So, we have added links to resources at the end of this column. If you are arriving here form a linking website like Fark, then those links will not appear because they tend to grab only the text. For those visitors, here is a link to the original research: www.depmed.ualberta.ca/dca
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    If research is continuing, then there will be pre-clinical and clinical trials. The results can take 10 years before a drug is approved by Health Canada (our version of the FDA).

    sad...a few years ago, the Mayo clinic discovered a compound that regrew myelin in rats, M1 myoclonal antibodies.

    Acorda Therapeutics got the go-ahead to research and develop it. They were so good about explaining how clinical testing works, and had me on their mail list.

    This was incredible news for people with MS, where the myelin is destroyed...but it is not on the market yet, and my sister died of MS last year.

    She and we knew about this stuff...but it takes time, damn it.

    And a young lady I know now with MS has one of the new drugs, and the effect has been amazing!

    So for the future folks...tremendous hope!
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