MrApples

New discoveries at the University of Alberta overseen by Evangelos Michelakis suggest a milestone in the cure for cancer in the form of a drug called dichloroacetate - or DCA for short - that targets cancerous cells' safeguard against self-destruction.

All normal cells are designed to die when no longer performing properly; their mitochondria activate a process called apoptosis that kills them off. Cancerous cells inhibit the mitochondria that kick off apoptosis, leading to cells upon cells that refuse to die - and thus cancer. DCA is designed to reactivate the dormant mitochondria and force the cancerous cells to consume themselves.

This is a basic fact of cancer and not unique to the breast, throat, lungs-which means that, if DCA indeed holds a cure, it would be a cure for all cancers. Perhaps more amazingly, a DCA cure would be not only universal, but inexpensive; dichloroacetate is neither costly nor difficult to manufacture. Indeed, it is already used in several existing medicines for diseases as diverse as lactic acidosis

No trials have yet been undertaken in human patients, only in human cells outside the body-and the laboratory mainstay, rats-but officials remain hopeful. It may require public funding, as pharmaceutical companies are unlikely to fund research that they cannot control and exclusively sell. DCA is unpatented and thus unprofitable. This issue has plagued cancer research before; one need only think back to developments in the use of Vitamin C to overwhelm cancer cells, not particularly well-funded by the corporate entities that wield the power in the health care world. The University of Alberta has already started an appeal to charities and individual investors through both traditional media and the Web.

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MrOrange

Well I hope that they do find a cure. I think my grandmother died from cancer. Or from the pain of having cancer. I don't know. I was 10 and they didn't tell me anything.

Mr. Zero

Intesting indeed. I just hope the will find a cure for AIDS... not that I have it!

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MrOrange

That's going to be hard to do because AIDS attack the immunity system directly.

MrApples

Well AIDs aint cancer.

Ogre

they are working on a way to get rid of aids though.

what they do is load the system with the "drugs" that fight aids for a period of time. as aids transform to survive in the new environment they quickly flush the persons entire system of all nutrients and drugs. then they let them go back to normal and the resistand ones die and it morphs back to the normal kind and then they overpower it with drugs.

its dangerous. but it helps a bit from the short term tests. but not enough to be considered a cure.

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Titan

Its not like its hard to understand...crack the entire human genome, then introduce viruses that alter those certain parts of the human DNA that are effected by AIDs, cancer and what not..
But u know cracking the entire human genome will take at least 10 years if the US starts sending all the fund money to that one part of the research. Just so you guys know, there are more parts to your deoxyribonucleic acid (hope i spelled that right) than there are stars in the universe, at least as it seems.
But if the dichloroacetate works, itd be a great deal, because that is an easily made compound. I guess this can be considered the same way they made toothpaste...just start to combine different molecules and elements untill they find what works.

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MrOrange

I thought AIDS were virus that attacks your T-Cell or the helper T-Cells and then mulitpy by doing that. And because T-Cells make help T-Cells and Help T-Cells makes B-Cells and B-Cells make antibodies. And antibodies are used when there is a virus too strong for just the white-bloodcells. And because the T-Cells are attacked, no anti-Bodies are made or not enought to kill AIDS virus. Still the only ways to get it is to have blood to blood contact, Thing that I will not put up here but you know it anyway, and drinking about a gallon of someone's spit.

Mr. Zero

Wkipedia FTW!

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MrOrange

I got it in health class. But the gallon of spit thing was a joke on her part. People were asking what if I kissed a person with AIDS? Do I get it? Then she said your would have to drink at least a gallon of spit to catch AIDS by kissing. At least we know that cancer money is not a waste of money because they are now making inprovement.

UseSoap

Cancer cure? im not too sure about that. Dont get me wrong, it would be great if they found a cure. Heres my "theory" on how the human race is gonna be wiped out. We messed up evolution. Survival of the fittest. Now that happens only half of the time because we save people with modern medicine. Human Race go bye bye. Due to LACK of survival of the fittest. just my theory...

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MrOrange

I don't believe in the lies of human evolution. I'm not bias so I don't care what you think and I did think about this topic and I just don't believe it and it goes against what I believe in.

killerkunoichi

well for proof ( among us ) we need a test subject....any volunteers?

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MrOrange

I'm sure that people with cancer and has enough money will get it. No one else can volunteer because we don't have cancer. And if they do something to give us cancer then I'm sueing then because I would never agree to give myself a disese that can kill me without proven cure.

Titan

If you are going to bring evolution into this, you had better be saying it has somthing to do with it. Evolution is not always change by a physical appearance, or altered cells. You must not forget mental capabilities, which is what this part of evolution would revolve around. UseSoap, are you against saving the lives of countless people at the expense of survival of the fittest (which is not evolution)? If you are going to refer to survival of the fittest, you must be someone who tends to do things alone. The easiest way through life is with friends by your side, and in this case, those friends are represented as the modern doctors and chemists who constantly save the lives of people through their conjured chemicals.
If you are not going to care what other people think, then you should not be at pollama.
Cancer is not contagious you idiots.. its genetic.

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Ogre

Oh boy! i love human evolution! ok, well. Firstly we will still evolve. But not as fast as we used to.
We have made it so that we no longer need to adapt to weather and such. We only have to adapt to medical and genetic changes. Which brings me to AIDS!!!! there are now people being born with a gene that stops the aids virus altogether. Natural selection? You decide.

ps. i would have made this so much better but i just woke up.

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HyperReaper33

The element Boron could also cure cancer if used properly. It has the same effects as DCA, only not as controlled.

As for AIDS.......its bad, M'kay? (thank you South Park!). Lets stop sending money to freakin' AFRICA and spend it HERE for AIDS research. I'm not heartless, but COME ON!

Bleh, I'm just MPMS'ing (Male Pissing and Moaning Syndrome)

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MrOrange

Well at least now there might be a way to cure cancer instead of just treating it by getting rid of the cancer cells.

thedude

*That is not nice to say thedude

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LegendaryArcher

Hey no inappropriate posts..
And are you thedude from WoW?

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