Cork Cancer Unit pioneering breakthrough treatment...

[balladmaker]

Large doses of a probiotic bacteria, found in yoghurt drinks such as Actimel and Benecol, are being shown to be an excellent tool to directly fight cancerous tumours anywhere in the body, without harming healthy cells.  If this holds true, it would be some alternative to chemotherapy:

http://www.ccrc.ie/news-and-awards/153?task=view

"..... current chemotherapy drugs administered in this fashion are toxic to many healthy cell types, often resulting in severe side effects for the patient.  This is why we are so excited about this research.  We have shown that harmless bacteria (bifidobacteria) have a natural ability to travel through the body and grow specifically inside tumours.  We have demonstrated for the first time that following ingestion of bifidobacteria in large numbers, these bacteria can leak out from the gut into the blood and grow inside tumours throughout the body where they can produce whatever we want. We can now genetically engineer these bacteria so that they will pump out anti-cancer agents specifically inside tumours," explains Dr Tangney. "These new results suggest we can overcome a major barrier to achieving an efficient and safe gene medicine for cancer." 

[orangeman]

It'll be some boost to the makers of Benecol, Actimel etc as well !!!   



Any chance it's sponsored by Benecol ??

[balladmaker]

Don't mind who sponsors it, if it works, fair play to them and to those doing the research.

[orangeman]

Don't mind who sponsors it, if it works, fair play to them and to those doing the research.

Absolutely - fair dues to them - horrible disease and it would be fantastic if this worked.