bener ga yahh ini?

Scientists cure cancer, but no one takes notice
David McRaney
Issue date: 1/23/07 Section: Opinion

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Here's the deal. Researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada found a cheap and easy to produce drug that kills almost all cancers. The drug is dichloroacetate, and since it is already used to treat metabolic disorders, we know it should be no problem to use it for other purposes.

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Scientists tested DCA on human cells cultured outside the body where it killed lung, breast and brain cancer cells, but left healthy cells alone. Rats plump with tumors shrank when they were fed water supplemented with DCA.

Cancer cells don't use the little power stations found in most human cells - the mitochondria. Instead, they use glycolysis, which is less effective and more wasteful.

Doctors have long believed the reason for this is because the mitochondria were damaged somehow. But, it turns out the mitochondria were just dormant, and DCA starts them back up again.

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.

Here's the big catch. Pharmaceutical companies probably won't invest in research into DCA because they won't profit from it. It's easy to make, unpatented and could be added to drinking water. Imagine, Gatorade with cancer control.

So, the groundwork will have to be done at universities and independently funded laboratories. But, how are they supposed to drum up support if the media aren't even talking about it?

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This is a column of opinion written by Printz Executive Editor David McRaney. Comments can be sent to [email protected]

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Beneran lho. Temuan ini dilaporin di majalan New Scientist 7 January 2007, dan di journal ilmiah "Cancer Cell" (bener2 journal ilmiah kaliber kelas atas sekali!") edisi Vol. 11 Issue 1 Jan 2007 hlm 37 - 51, pengarangnya adalah Bonnet et al, group dari U of Alberta, Canada.
Baru gw print nih original paper ini dari homepagenya lewat perpus kampus.

wew... jadi beneran yahh? boleh dong liat2 jurnalnya

serius nih
boleh dong lihat jurnal nya  .

eh ini beneran udah ada obat kanker? kok beritanya ga santer yahh?

Masih in vitro kan experiment ini. Tapi memang promising (dan exciting) banget sih.
Buat yg gak bisa akses jurnalnya, barangkali bisa baca2 juga di sini:
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New Scientist kayanya bisa diakses gratis juga khan.

Tambahan lagi

Riset DCA di Univ Alberta : [pranala luar disembunyikan, sila masuk atau daftar.]

Lengkap semua di situ. Jurnal Cancer Cellnya juga ada ternyata

http://www.depmed.ualberta.ca/dca/cancer_cell.pdf


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