Apparently there is a cure for cancer, and it comes in a drug that is cheap and has the ability to kill most cancers. What is this miracle drug? Dicholoroaetate (DCA) is a “relatively safe” drug that reawakens the mitochondria in cells, which causes them to die. Apparently when the mitochondria is “turned off, hey become “immortal”, outliving other cells in the tumor and so becoming dominant." The article then claims that once the mitochondria are reactivated by the DCA, they “order the abnormal cells to die” by reactivating apoptosis.
But back to this idea of being “relatively safe”, I can’t imagine what that means. According to the article, “DCA can cause pain, numbness and gait disturbances in some patients, but this may be a price worth paying if it turns out to be effective against all cancers” Where is the proof that this works on “all cancers” though? I do not see a reason why someone with cancer would want to use this potentially harmful treatment when it have only been experimented on rats and human skin cells. So perhaps we these scientists should reconsider making such a bold statement as “cures all cancers” without doing all of the research first.
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http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10971
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Well, you don't mess around. Will you evaluate the claims that they make in time for class? That would be swell.
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