Scientists cure cancer, but no one takes notice

[Joao]

Scientists cure cancer, but no one takes notice

 

 

"Scientists cure cancer, but no one takes notice

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By cgull8m

 

Canadian researchers find a simple cure for cancer, but major pharmaceutical companies are not interested.

 

Researchers at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada have cured cancer last week, yet there is a little ripple in the news or in TV. It is a simple technique using very basic drug. The method employs dichloroacetate, which is currently used to treat metabolic disorders. So, there is no concern of side effects or about their long term effects.

 

This drug doesnâ??t require a patent, so anyone can employ it widely and cheaply compared to the costly cancer drugs produced by major pharmaceutical companies.

 

Canadian scientists tested this dichloroacetate (DCA) on humanâ??s cells; it killed lung, breast and brain cancer cells and left the healthy cells alone. It was tested on Rats inflicted with severe tumors; their cells shrank when they were fed with water supplemented with DCA. The drug is widely available and the technique is easy to use, why the major drug companies are not involved? Or the Media interested in this find?

 

In human bodies there is a natural cancer fighting human cell, the mitochondria, but they need to be triggered to be effective. Scientists used to think that these mitochondria cells were damaged and thus ineffective against cancer. So they used to focus on glycolysis, which is less effective in curing cancer and more wasteful. The drug manufacturers focused on this glycolysis method to fight cancer. This DCA on the other hand doesnâ??t rely on glycolysis instead on mitochondria; it triggers the mitochondria which in turn fights the cancer cells.

 

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.

 

Pharmaceutical companies are not investing in this research because DCA method cannot be patented, without a patent they canâ??t make money, like they are doing now with their AIDS Patent. Since the pharmaceutical companies wonâ??t develop this, the article says other independent laboratories should start producing this drug and do more research to confirm all the above findings and produce drugs. All the groundwork can be done in collaboration with the Universities, who will be glad to assist in such research and can develop an effective drug for curing cancer.

 

You can access the original research for this cancer here.

 

This article wants to raise awareness for this study, hope some independent companies and small startup will pick up this idea and produce these drugs, because the big companies wonâ??t touch it for a long time."

 

Taken from: http://hubpages.com/hub/Scientists_cure_cancer__but_no_one_takes_notice

 

tl;dr - Basically, some Canadian scientists discovered a cure for cancer that is pretty simple, which uses a drug that is not patented. As a result, Pharmacies can't profit from this and so aren't interested in it.

 

 

Thoughts?

 

Pesonally, I think this will probably be a great step into finding a cure for cancer. However, didn't like the attitude of the Pharmacies/Companies that create these "drugs" because cancer has been a major concern for the human being for years and all they care about is the money they profit with this.

[@Matt]

For the sake of playing devil's advocate, why would they invest in it? the world revolves around one thing: money.

 

Money is arguably the root of everything in the world, why would they invest in this research and spend billions to produce it but make little return on it? are their CEO's families dying of cancer? probably not, thus until it becomes personal or profitable they'll wait it out until something they can patent, and thus make billions (easily tens or hundreds of billions) they wont be pursuing it.

 

That's the world we live in.

[Merlini]

For the sake of playing devil's advocate, why would they invest in it? the world revolves around one thing: money.

 

Money is arguably the root of everything in the world, why would they invest in this research and spend billions to produce it but make little return on it? are their CEO's families dying of cancer? probably not, thus until it becomes personal or profitable they'll wait it out until something they can patent, and thus make billions (easily tens or hundreds of billions) they wont be pursuing it.

 

That's the world we live in.

 

 

If Big Pharmacy doesn't make money then they won't look into it

[Aceman]

Unless someone can gain a patent on it, then no one will take interest in investing. It's how the world works and it's what's to be expected. Although while I do think this is absolutely fantastic, I don't expect much to be done about it. My suggestion would be redirecting all the cancer associations towards this.

[erik]

this is old (from 2007) lol but sad, this would save many lives

Edited May 18, 2011 by eric

[Johny`]

this is old (from 2007) lol but sad, this would save many lives

[Villiska]

For the sake of playing devil's advocate, why would they invest in it? the world revolves around one thing: money.

 

Money is arguably the root of everything in the world, why would they invest in this research and spend billions to produce it but make little return on it? are their CEO's families dying of cancer? probably not, thus until it becomes personal or profitable they'll wait it out until something they can patent, and thus make billions (easily tens or hundreds of billions) they wont be pursuing it.

 

That's the world we live in.

[Wolfmon56]

:ph34r:

 

I don't understand why they are being denied a patent when it's such an important medicine to create.

[Andrew]

I want to see like a medical journal or something of the actual research before I jump to conclusions

[kevin 0126]

For the sake of playing devil's advocate, why would they invest in it? the world revolves around one thing: money.

 

Money is arguably the root of everything in the world, why would they invest in this research and spend billions to produce it but make little return on it? are their CEO's families dying of cancer? probably not, thus until it becomes personal or profitable they'll wait it out until something they can patent, and thus make billions (easily tens or hundreds of billions) they wont be pursuing it.

 

That's the world we live in.

this

[Rcms]

For the sake of playing devil's advocate, why would they invest in it? the world revolves around one thing: money.

 

Money is arguably the root of everything in the world, why would they invest in this research and spend billions to produce it but make little return on it? are their CEO's families dying of cancer? probably not, thus until it becomes personal or profitable they'll wait it out until something they can patent, and thus make billions (easily tens or hundreds of billions) they wont be pursuing it.

 

That's the world we live in.

Unfortunately im going to have to agree with MattyB on this one :/

[Guest Desire]

sad noobs

[Diving]

such a shame

[Applerune]

For the sake of playing devil's advocate, why would they invest in it? the world revolves around one thing: money.

 

Money is arguably the root of everything in the world, why would they invest in this research and spend billions to produce it but make little return on it? are their CEO's families dying of cancer? probably not, thus until it becomes personal or profitable they'll wait it out until something they can patent, and thus make billions (easily tens or hundreds of billions) they wont be pursuing it.

 

That's the world we live in.

+1

[Eazy]

god damnm