08-08-2008, 07:03 AM
This is unbelievable. We have known about this for years and today it is mainstream. The comments about it being cheap, show that the suppression was for big pharma. Note remarks about (cheap) hydrogen peroxide too.............J
Last Updated: Wednesday, 06 August 2008, 03:14 GMT
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Vitamin C that is injected can destroy cancer, study suggests
Vitamin C that is injected rather than swallowed can destroy cancer, research has shown.
The therapy halved the growth of aggressive tumours in mice, killing cancer cells while leaving healthy tissue unharmed.
It could provide a new lifeline for patients with a poor prognosis and few treatment options, scientists suggest. Tackling cancer with vitamin C would also have the added advantage of being cheap.
Usually the body keeps a tight rein on vitamin C levels in the blood. But scientists found that the mechanism can be by-passed if the vitamin is injected straight into the bloodstream instead of passing through the digestive system. When this is done it releases the powerful anti-cancer potential of the vitamin, according to the researchers.
Experiments showed that high levels of vitamin C in the blood generate hydrogen peroxide, which is lethal to tumours. The chemical forms in the spaces between cancer cells, damaging membranes, upsetting metabolism, and scrambling DNA. Even the growth of aggressive, hard to treat cancers was held back in the studies. But healthy tissues appeared to resist the effects.
The use of high dose vitamin C as a complementary or alternative cancer treatment has a long history dating back to the 1970s.
Patients have taken the vitamin both by mouth and intravenously. But despite some positive outcomes, reliable evidence that the therapy works has been lacking. For this reason claims that vitamin C can treat cancer have been dismissed by conventional cancer experts.
The new US investigation led by Dr Qi Chen, from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, involved testing the effects of vitamin C on laboratory cell lines and cancer-ridden mice.
Meanwhile, an expert at the charity Cancer Research UK warned there was some evidence that high doses of antioxidants such as vitamin C might hamper conventional cancer treatment. Dr Alison Ross, the charity's science information officer, said: "This is encouraging work but it's at a very early stage because it involves cells grown in the lab and mice. Much more research is needed before we'll know whether vitamin C could be a viable cancer treatment in the future.
"There is currently no evidence from clinical trials in humans that injecting or consuming vitamin C is an effective way to treat cancer. Some research even suggests that high doses of antioxidants can make cancer treatment less effective, reducing the benefits of radiotherapy and chemotherapy."
Last Updated: Wednesday, 06 August 2008, 03:14 GMT
- Search: Injected vitamin C cancer
Vitamin C that is injected can destroy cancer, study suggests
Vitamin C that is injected rather than swallowed can destroy cancer, research has shown.
The therapy halved the growth of aggressive tumours in mice, killing cancer cells while leaving healthy tissue unharmed.
It could provide a new lifeline for patients with a poor prognosis and few treatment options, scientists suggest. Tackling cancer with vitamin C would also have the added advantage of being cheap.
Usually the body keeps a tight rein on vitamin C levels in the blood. But scientists found that the mechanism can be by-passed if the vitamin is injected straight into the bloodstream instead of passing through the digestive system. When this is done it releases the powerful anti-cancer potential of the vitamin, according to the researchers.
Experiments showed that high levels of vitamin C in the blood generate hydrogen peroxide, which is lethal to tumours. The chemical forms in the spaces between cancer cells, damaging membranes, upsetting metabolism, and scrambling DNA. Even the growth of aggressive, hard to treat cancers was held back in the studies. But healthy tissues appeared to resist the effects.
The use of high dose vitamin C as a complementary or alternative cancer treatment has a long history dating back to the 1970s.
Patients have taken the vitamin both by mouth and intravenously. But despite some positive outcomes, reliable evidence that the therapy works has been lacking. For this reason claims that vitamin C can treat cancer have been dismissed by conventional cancer experts.
The new US investigation led by Dr Qi Chen, from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, involved testing the effects of vitamin C on laboratory cell lines and cancer-ridden mice.
Meanwhile, an expert at the charity Cancer Research UK warned there was some evidence that high doses of antioxidants such as vitamin C might hamper conventional cancer treatment. Dr Alison Ross, the charity's science information officer, said: "This is encouraging work but it's at a very early stage because it involves cells grown in the lab and mice. Much more research is needed before we'll know whether vitamin C could be a viable cancer treatment in the future.
"There is currently no evidence from clinical trials in humans that injecting or consuming vitamin C is an effective way to treat cancer. Some research even suggests that high doses of antioxidants can make cancer treatment less effective, reducing the benefits of radiotherapy and chemotherapy."
