• Cancer cure - dichloroacetic acid
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A cheap cancer cure (a drug called dichloroacetic acid) has been found. Study on rats - the tumor is in purple: [b]Before:[/b] [img]http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/2185/rat1.png[/img] [b]After:[/b] [img]http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/1323/rat2.png[/img] [quote] Cancer cells generally use glycolysis rather than respiration (oxidative phosphorylation) for energy (the Warburg effect), as a result of hypoxia that exists in tumors and damaged mitochondria. Usually dangerously damaged cells kill themselves via apoptosis, a mechanism of self-destruction that involves mitochondria, but this mechanism fails in cancer cells. A study published in January 2007 by researchers at the University of Alberta, testing DCA on in vitro cancer cell lines and a rat model, found that DCA restored mitochondrial function, thus restoring apoptosis, killing cancer cells in vitro, and shrinking the tumors in the rats. When faced with the high costs of getting Food and Drug Administration approval, estimated by Tufts University to exceed one billion dollars, the chance of getting DCA approved for the treatment of cancer in the United States is extremely low. This problem is highlighted in the 2007 New York Times article by Ralph Moss titled "Patents over Patients" [/quote] [b]News reports:[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpRkIW5u3bM[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPtlxGGO4f8[/media] [b]Wikipedia article:[/b] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichloroacetic_acid[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichloroacetic_acid#Potential_cancer_applications[/url] [b]A Phase I, Open-Labeled, Single-Arm, Dose Escalation, Clinical and Pharmacology Study of Dichloroacetate (DCA) in Patients With Recurrent and/or Metastatic Solid Tumours:[/b] [url]http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00566410[/url] [b]DCA Research:[/b] [url]http://www.depmed.ualberta.ca/dca/[/url] The system works in the way that profit is put in the first place - before people. This drug isn't patented and no company would significantly profit from it as it can be made by anyone, so it's unlikely that this drug will be officially used as a cancer treatment (and save many lives) any time soon, however, [b]it can be purchased[/b].
Holy Shit.
Holy shit.
Whoa what really?
about time eh?
Amazing.
Time to charge Thousands for a week's course
That is interesting, but sadly it won't be available for human use for many many years, it at all.
but won't it dissolve the person's mouth??? it's [b]ACID[/b]
This news is over a year old.
[URL]http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/05/dichloroacetate_dca_and_cancer_deja_vu_a.php[/URL] [URL]http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2007/01/in_which_my_words_will_be_misinterpreted.php[/URL] Looks somewhat questionable. EDIT: Well, less questionable and more not the magical cancer cure. Going by the analysis of the clinical trials (which seemed pretty flawed), it does have an effect on angiogenesis but it's rather muddled among the other treatments, and it's full effect isn't clear. Moreso, we don't even know if it's safe to take, or at least if the effects are enough to deal with the safety. It may be a promising chemical, but it's not a "cancer cure" Though at least it isn't Laetrile EDIT 2: Ok please stop going "wow this is amazing"and read a bit about it. Here's more sources linked from the analysis [URL]http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2010/05/12/potential-cancer-drug-dca-tested-in-early-trials/[/URL] [URL="http://www.cancer.org/AboutUs/DrLensBlog/post/2010/05/14/More-On-Dichloroacetate-%28DCA%29-In-Cancer-Treatment.aspx"]http://www.cancer.org/AboutUs/DrLensBlog/post/2010/05/14/More-On-Dichloroacetate-%28DCA%29-In-Cancer-Treatment.aspx[/URL] [URL]http://www.cancer.org/AboutUs/DrLensBlog/post/2007/02/03/DCA-Cancer-Breakthrough-Or-Urban-Legend.aspx[/URL] [URL]http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/PharmacologicalandBiologicalTreatment/dichloroacetate--dca-[/URL] [URL]http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2010/05/14/dca_and_cancer_more_results.php[/URL] [URL]http://scienceblogs.com/terrasig/2010/05/dichloroacetate_dca_brain_canc.php[/URL] [QUOTE]But as of late 2009, no studies in humans have yet shown that DCA can help treat cancer. Available evidence does not support the use of DCA for cancer treatment at this time.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Jimmg;23009363]Holy Shit.[/QUOTE] Perfect avatar. This is great news!
Amazing, can't believe we hadn't thought of that
Time to buy some of this stuff.
[QUOTE=RedStar;23009480]but won't it dissolve the person's mouth??? it's [B]ACID[/B][/QUOTE] There's acid in apple juice too. It's all about what Ph-level it's got.
Sucks how they care more about profit than saving lives. Seems to sum up one of the many things wrong with humans.
Wow..
Time to invest in this company.
Hey, remember all those other "incredible" discoveries that have been posted on Facepunch but are quickly forgotten in a month, with the impact of said discovery leading nowhere? This is one of those discoveries.
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