CANCER patients are offering themselves as human guinea pigs as researchers investigate a possible cure for cancer found in north Queensland rainforests. Scientists have identified a compound in the fruit of the native blushwood shrub that appears to "liquefy and destroy cancer with no side-effects", according to latest research.Found deep in the remnants of a 130 million-year-old rainforest, the fruit extract may yet hold the secret antidote to Australia's No.1 killer disease.Victoria Gordon, of EcoBiotics, an Atherton Tableland-based company, said they hoped to go to human clinical trials later this year.Dr Gordon said a single dose injection of the extract, known as EBC-46, had been effective in 50 critically ill dogs and about a dozen cats and horses.
"This is proving to be something exceptional," she said."The tumour literally liquefies."There is a rapid knock-down of the tumour, it disintegrates within 24 hours and we have a rapid healing response."The biggest tumour we treated was the size of a Coke can in a dog, and that animal is fully healed and healthy."Dr Gordon said it had worked on skin cancers, such as carcinomas and melanomas, and bone cancer, and was a possible treatment for breast, colon and prostate cancer.But she warned wannabe human guinea pigs against seeking under-the-table treatment.She said it was "immoral, illegal, and unscientific" to seek to be administered the drug before approval, likely to take up to seven years, by the Therapeutic Goods Administration."We have been inundated with calls – it shows there is such a need for a breakthrough in anti-cancer treatment," she said. "Most people understand when we explain the situation."Former breast cancer sufferer Mena Crew, 65, said many dying of cancer would "do anything for a miracle cure"."We would all like a magic cure, that would be wonderful, and I hope in my lifetime we find it," the breast cancer support volunteer said.She has worked with more than 200 sufferers and some victims in her role with the Cancer Council Queensland."I don't want to kill the enthusiasm of all the wonderful research, but until it is proven it will do the job, we recommend they go with proven and conventional treatments," she said."It is good, however, to think the secret antidote may be growing in the jungle above Cairns."
via www.news.com.au
Wouldn't it be great if this was so!
Let's keep our fingers crossed, cancer is a blight on humanity and we should all work to cure it as it effects all out families.
I know how Asbestos Exposure creates cancers up to 40 years later and it is something we need to fight!
Posted by: Mesothelioma Compensation | February 27, 2010 at 11:06 PM
"immoral, illegal, and unscientific" to seek to be administered the drug before approval, likely to take up to seven years, by the Therapeutic Goods Administration."
What a shameful statement.
??? Immoral under What Values ???
Illegal Is publishing something is not available ??? Yes that illegal under humane standards.
Unscientific ??? Shut Up make some research and stop fulling people ...
Is it there any one with real human brain to think before splashing false promises ?????
Or you have it or keep it to you self... untill you have it...
Posted by: Peter Chripczuk | April 02, 2010 at 09:17 PM
This is a fantastic find to heal our animals and us all of cancer
Posted by: Deni | June 13, 2010 at 07:59 PM
Illegal, Immoral and Unscientific. hmmmm....
If someone is dying anyway, why would they care about it being illegal, immoral or unscientific? They are willing to try anything, especially something that has been so profoundly effective in other animals.
Posted by: Cath | June 14, 2010 at 10:55 AM
what a wonderful thing if this comes to fruition. our rainforests are pure and goodness knows what our great scientists coud find for us. lets keep the find here in our land and do something to create everything we need here.zzzz
Posted by: Kris | June 14, 2010 at 07:07 PM
i think it is immoral that a cancer patient cannot access this treatment when they already have a death sentence any way.(such as a member of my family)how do you think we feel watching a family member die when you know that there is most likely a cure out there that we are not allowed to use in case it may harm them what a joke!!!!
Posted by: brenton forrest | June 14, 2010 at 11:24 PM
Why not human clinical trials NOW??????
There are those such as myself who have very little to hope for.
Existing treatments offering little more than 'this may work' along with the expense and suffering for months of operations, radioactivity and chemo hell or an injection of EBC-46 where you know if its working within 24 hours. It doesn't take an Einstein to work out the obvious choice. If at worst, it doesn't work you can then go back to established treatments. BUT, if it does!!!!!! Conventional treatment will render me a sexual eunuch at 54. The blushwood hope will allow me to live normally, even if there were side effects.
Posted by: Mark Watson | June 15, 2010 at 10:59 AM
Is there anywhere to buy these trees?
Posted by: diane | June 15, 2010 at 02:22 PM
What a joke....
What is immoral is telling cancer patients and their families "i potentially hold in my hands the chance for you or your loved one to regain another 20, 30 40, 50, 60 or more cancer free years to their life - but you can't have it for another 7 years or so"
No we have to watch our loved ones fade away, loose their dignity, health & finally life to this monster of a disease.
Haven't people waited & suffered enough!
Posted by: Sophie | July 09, 2010 at 04:09 PM
can you buy the plants
Posted by: Michael | July 18, 2010 at 04:10 PM