Novel Cancer Therapy Found By Tel Aviv Researchers

[4EverHis]

Nov 5, 2009 23:00 | Updated Nov 6, 2009 21:45

Tel Aviv University researchers have invented a technique to destroy malignant cells in the breast while leaving healthy ones untouched. If the results produced in lab tests on mice can be applied to human patients, the result could be a revolution in cancer care, though human clinical tests are years away, at best.

The killing of cancerous cells in the lab was accomplished by using a chemical generally used to treat strokes. The work by Prof. Malka Cohen-Armon of TAU's Sackler Medical School was just published in the open online journal, BioMed Central.

The international research team she headed found that potent phenanthridine derived polyADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors that were originally designed to protect cells from cell death under stress conditions such as stroke or inflammation efficiently eradicate MCF-7 and MDA231 breast cancer cells without impairing normal cells.

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[novembergirl]

That is great news! They need to hurry up with those trials and get it out there to patients.

[Mitsy]

Praise God! Not surprised it was discovered by the Jews!

[Patti311]

Praise God! Not surprised it was discovered by the Jews!

I was just thinking the same thing.

[futurehope]

Exciting news! I hope the mouse finding transfers to humans. That would be great!

Somewhere in my memory bank I remember reading that a cure for cancer will be found. Maybe this is it.

[Brinkley]

Exciting news! I hope the mouse finding transfers to humans. That would be great!

Somewhere in my memory bank I remember reading that a cure for cancer will be found. Maybe this is it.

There are probably many known technologies that would eradicate cancer and other major diseases, but finding a cure would wreck the fortunes of many and result in the loss of a billion dollar industry.

Medicine is about profit, not care.

[futurehope]

Medicine is about care if it involves your body or your relatives.

If what you say is true, the people who have the money will find the cures and will pay for them. Wouldn't you want to be the doctor taking the money from these rich people and curing them at the same time? Sounds like a win-win to me.