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> kills too many normal cells to be safe to do in living people. Not an oncologist, but that sounds and awful lot like how cancer is currently treated with che
by Maursault 5y ago
> kills too many normal cells to be safe to do in living people.
Not an oncologist, but that sounds and awful lot like how cancer is currently treated with chemotherapy and radiation, kill everything and hopefully get all the cancer before the patient dies.
I think I heard about it on 60 Minutes, so... grain of salt there. Information here [1] details the news thread that must have led to the 60 Minutes piece. Interesting how the FDA jumps in to do rare enforcements, cautioning against its use for the risks, when the risks don't sound worse than conventional cancer treatment, and the ACA is also piling on. I think it is suspicious that not only would no one be interested in more research because the drug is unpatentable, but that also FDA and ACA are saying there's nothing to see here, when there is obviously something to be seen. Cancer is big business. I always figured it would never be cured because it is too many things, but maybe it will never be cured because it is too profitable.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichloroacetic_acid#Cancer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichloroacetic_acid#Cancer
- Dylan16807 5y ago> Not an oncologist, but that sounds and awful lot like how cancer is currently treated with chemotherapy and radiation, kill everything and hopefully get all the cancer before the patient dies. Sure? That makes it a tool, and far from something you could simply call a "cure" for cancer. If it works as a cheaper chemo drug, great, but even if you make chemo drugs free that doesn't make cancer cured or cheap.