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Canadian researchers find a simple _cure_

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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_

(http://www.studentprintz.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly\

& uStory_id=c7

794f20-dfb1-4494-892d-b529895da103) or in TV. It is a simple technique

using very basic _drug_

(http://hubpages.com/hub/Scientists_cure_cancer__but_no_one_takes_notice#) . The

method employs _dichloroacetate_

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichloroacetic_acid) , which is currently used to

treat

metabolic disorders. So, there is no concern of side effects or about their long

term effects.

This drug doesn’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 human’s cells; it

killed lung, breast and _brain cancer_

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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_

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there is a natural cancer fighting human cell, the

_mitochondria_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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

doesn’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_

(http://hubpages.com/hub/Scientists_cure_cancer__but_no_one_takes_notice#) , 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 can’t make money, like they

are doing now with their _AIDS Patent_

(http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/180982) . Since the pharmaceutical

companies won’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_

(http://www.depmed.ualberta.ca/dca) .

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 won’t touch it for a long time.