Possible cure for cancer?

[Jaymes]

WASHINGTON -- A common virus that is harmless to people can destroy cancerous cells in the body and might be developed into a new cancer therapy, US researchers said.

The virus, called adeno-associated virus type 2, or AAV-2, infects an estimated 80 percent of the population.

"Our results suggest that adeno-associated virus type 2, which infects the majority of the population but has no known ill effects, kills multiple types of cancer cells yet has no effect on healthy cells," said Craig Meyers, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the Penn State College of Medicine in Pennsylvania.


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"One of the most compelling findings is that AAV-2 appears to have no pathologic effects on healthy cells," Meyers said.

"So many cancer therapies are as poisonous to healthy cells as they are to cancer cells. A therapy that is able to distinguish between healthy and cancer cells could be less difficult to endure for those with cancer."

AAV-2 is being studied intensively as a gene therapy vector -- a virus modified to carry disease-correcting genes into the body.

Gene therapy researchers favor it because it does not seem to cause disease or immune system reaction on its own.


From CNN.com


Okay, the article's almost a month old... but I'm always late in finding out these things.


It seems almost too much to hope for, really. I hope what these researchers think turn out true.

 

[Original Freak]

That just sounds so promising...and completely unlike any other cure I've heard. Wouldn't it be cool if the cure for cancer was something that was like a cancer for cancer.

 

[michel]

I do so wish it will be all they hope it is; there are too many deaths of Cancer. Even one death is one too many; a nephew of mine has been working in cancer research for the last 10 years.


We can only as God to help the scientists.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

I read something about this a while ago. It seems manchester university is also working along these lines. Nothing like a bit of competition to get quick results.

Terry
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Blessed are those who bring peace, they shall be children of God

 

[Original Freak]

We can only ask God to help the scientists.

Sorry but if he was going to help them cure it he could just as well make it non-existant or never have created it in the first place.

Let's change it, make it a little more relavent and go with:

"We can only ask the governments to help the scientiests"

 

[Valjean]

Sounds promising, but then, I hear about promising new treatments all the time and they all seem to fizzle. Let's keep our fingers crossed. Maybe this one will pan out.

During the 30s phage therapy -- using viruses to fight disease -- was a promising new modality, but research ceased when antibiotics burst onto the scene. Now that antibiotics are loosing their potency, and for diseases they're not indicated for -- ie: Cancer -- resuming viral research shows great promise.

 

[Linus]

Let's change it, make it a little more relavent and go with:

"We can only ask the governments to help the scientiests"

Leave it to an antheist...

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

During the 30s phage therapy -- using viruses to fight disease -- was a promising new modality, but research ceased when antibiotics burst onto the scene. Now that antibiotics are loosing their potency, and for diseases they're not indicated for -- ie: Cancer -- resuming viral research shows great promise.

I understand Phage therapy is still used in Cuba who have come up with some very useful strains. The went back to research on it when they could not get antibiotics from the USA.

Terry
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Amen! Truly I say to you: Gather in my name. I am with you.

 

[Pah]

Leave it to an antheist...

Hehehe yeah, the one that recognizes where the money comes from

 

[Original Freak]

Hehehe yeah, the one that recognizes where the money comes from

Bingo...it's all about the Bling Bling baby.

 

[Zlot]

eat like a fish and you wont be diseased.
In the medical buisness its more profitatable to treat a disease than cure.
crack or prozac ,drugs dealers rely on repeat customers.
I bet they know the cures. The drug company rules this world.
They say who dies(Africans because of poverty)this is our medical science.
Soon we all will get hooked.The drug company will rule us this century ,like t.v. ruled us last century

 

[Neo-Logic]

Jensa, the cure for cancer has already been found for decades. While this may surprise you and many others, this is in fact, the shrowded truth. There have been countless books written on this and many "natural cures / natural curing programs" made which the drug companies and the FDA together does not want to promote, even when they know it works.

I have no sources, but I know for a fact that if a body turns akaline, one cannot get cancer, and if one has cancer, that cancer will go away. So the trick then is to turn the body akaline and there are countless ways of doing so. Drinking 8 glasses of water, changing one's diet subtracting certain types of food while adding another type, and taking certain herbal supplements are just the three that I know of. You can research my statements on Google and or any other search engines and find that they support my claims. I know from personal experience as my aunt had cancer and she underwent a program to turn her body akaline. It worked for her and others with cancers that she has recommended the program to.

By FDA's definition, a "drug" is the only thing that can "cure" a "disease." The government's way of making and keep making money; totally disregarding the fact that medicines and methodology in which to rid the body of cancer and to prevent it already exists and have existed for decades. By it's own definition of only drugs being able to cure diseases, almost all the drugs suprisingly treat the symptoms, calling for the user to take more of the drug in order to maintain a certain level of wellness. Why? Simple, they do not want you to be cured, they want you to be relieved, and keep taking their drugs so that they can profit.

 

[Jaymes]

And this is the part where I smile, nod my head, and step out.

 

[Original Freak]

I'm sorry but if a cure for Aids or Cancer was found I don't think it could be kept a secret. I can't imagine a situation where something this massive wouldn't leak and I couldn't image a situation where the news would spread like wildfire with T.V. and the internet the way it is now.

 

[Neo-Logic]

I'm sorry but if a cure for Aids or Cancer was found I don't think it could be kept a secret. I can't imagine a situation where something this massive wouldn't leak and I couldn't image a situation where the news would spread like wildfire with T.V. and the internet the way it is now.

Aids, I don't know. Cancer, I know exists. Spend a couple of minutes looking up what I said somewhere and you'll see. It is becoming more and more public as there are more books being written on the subject and more of these authors are going on t.v shows to advocate their cause.

The problem is, these natural rememdies cannot call themselves a cure for anything because remember, by the FDA definition, only a drug can cure a disease. And for something to become an officially approved drug, it costs millions of dollars.

Anyways, just do some research if you don't believe me.

 

[Neo-Logic]

And this is the part where I smile, nod my head, and step out.

And this is the part where the FDA and the big drug corporations smile, nod, high-five each other, and say "yes! it works."

Go look up what I said about the body not being able to contract cancer and even rid itself of cancer if it turns akaline. And then look up how many ways there are of turning a bodytype akaline.

 

[Valjean]

Links, Neo-Logic?