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To: CactusCarlos
Apoptosis is actually cell death, and triggering it has been the holy grail of cancer research for a very long time now. I won't refuse to believe the author based on evidence I haven't seen, but he or she isn't at all strong on basic cellular biology.

On the broader topic of a conspiracy by Big Pharma to suppress easy cancer cures, I can only offer a simple observation based on the years I worked for two of them: they're populated by people, even in management (although sometimes I wondered), and those people and their loved ones get cancer just like everyone else.

35 posted on 03/20/2012 7:53:42 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill
Arteminsinin paired with doxorubicin has shown a lot of promise, as far as triggering apoptosis targeted to tumors.

The other therapy I mentioned is anti-angiogenic, depriving tumors of new blood supply by preventing the formation of new capillaries, etc. to the tumor. This is accomplished with a regimen of tetrathiomolybdate, which is faster acting and more stable than zinc, but which can also be used for the same purpose.

Progress is being made, sometimes in surprising ways.

44 posted on 03/20/2012 8:10:25 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Billthedrill
Arteminsinin paired with doxorubicin has shown a lot of promise, as far as triggering apoptosis targeted to tumors.

The other therapy I mentioned is anti-angiogenic, depriving tumors of new blood supply by preventing the formation of new capillaries, etc. to the tumor. This is accomplished with a regimen of tetrathiomolybdate, which is faster acting and more stable than zinc, but which can also be used for the same purpose.

Progress is being made, sometimes in surprising ways.

45 posted on 03/20/2012 8:10:26 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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