CD47 is a protein involved with cell apoptosis and proliferation, among other things. Cancer cells have essentially hid behind it when avoiding cell death. Scientists at Stanford have found a way to use anti-CD47 antibodies to allow the cancerous cells to be eaten by macrophages.
More info here : http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/cd47.html
Great, I just had a carcinoma removed from my face yesterday, a legacy of our Aussie sun!!! Hope I never need this !!!
ReplyDeleteAstrid Lakota Get well soon! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is great! So many people are gone because of it, it would be awesome to finally find a way to stop cancer.
ReplyDeleteThere already is! It's been around for thousands of years but you won't find it in traditional medicine. Try to remember where we came from...and where we need to once again be!
ReplyDeleteFunny - this was already discovered in Canada months ago, with clinical testing so positive it has been approved for human testing and already funded with $20 million to let the study move forward. So far all the tests were performed on rats that had implanted human cancers ranging from breast cancer to prostrate cancer and included lung cancers and a number of other types. In the news coverage, the scientists reported the cancer had been stopped cold or eradicated in every single test. Once the production of CD47 is stopped, the body's immune system recognizes cancer as an invader and attacks it unmercifully. Wonder how Big Pharma will derail this one...
ReplyDeleteFlirting With Fitness When it comes to discover a cure for cancer we should be glad that so many researchers are so close to make it happen. Doesn't matter if they are from US, Canada...or Bangladesh
ReplyDelete"There already is!..."
ReplyDeleteThere already is what?
"It's been around for thousands of years but you won't find it in traditional medicine."
What's "it"?
"Try to remember where we came from"
Ancestral primate species?
"...and where we need to once again be!"
Why so cryptic?
*edit* Oh, I see. You're saying there already is a way to stop (presumably all) cancer. You're probably one of those Natural News readers, aren't you? ...a wingnut publication.
Christopher Carr
ReplyDeleteI'm just saying that history shows us that it will be another treatment - not a cure! History also shows us that natural remedies and cures for cancer have been around long before the pharmaceutical "industry" took over and brainwashed us through the medical media. I've worked in it for over 23 years and watched many die at the hands of those who refuse to acknowledge Mother Nature - At the same time I've watched Mother Nature nurture, care for, and cure those who got off the medical bus. It's all about history! Remember that Big Pharma can't make any money from anything natural...until they convert it to medicine.
"History also shows us that natural remedies and cures for cancer have been around long before the pharmaceutical "industry" took over and brainwashed us through the medical media."
ReplyDeleteHistory shows us no such thing.
Lots of blather, no specifics.
It would be nice if the conspiracy theory nutters could go find their own communities.
Cancer cannot be treated or cured with natural remedies. We may heard about some cases of such thing but I'm skeptical...we are all different, have different strengths therefore different responses to treatments and cancer is an aggressive disease which require an aggressive approach. About pharma companies Vs homeopathic companies we all know...thing is we all need our health so is a huge market.
ReplyDeleteIf you believe that cancers can not be treated naturally or with natural remedies then I suggest you research all things natural. I wish I could show you my own experiences. Big Pharma - yes! Huge market. That's why they try to imprison anyone who suggests natural remedies work. They can't make a profit off it.
ReplyDeleteTry to research history of natural cures and if you have any questions I'll be happy to help you understand.
You may also want to look in to everything that causes apoptosis including the body's natural ability to cause cancer cell death.
ReplyDeleteArsenic is "natural."
ReplyDeleteAs is, for the vast majority of the existence of our species, dying well before most cancers are likely to develop -- that is, getting taken by a big cat is "natural;" dying in child birth is "natural," etc.