Re: Need advice on clinical trials


mainframetech wrote:
You might add to your list to look into the compound 'Artemisinin',
which can be purchased by the average person. This compound is being
used by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation against malaria, but the
2 doctors at the University of Washington that have been studying it
for 10 years now have found that it works very well on most types of
cancers for similar reasons. They are Drs. Henry Lai and Narendra
Singh.

IIRC their work was entirely in the test tube, and under very
artificial conditions at that (heavy iron loading of the cells that is
probably impractical in vivo). I am also unaware of any evidence that
Artemisin has yet shown any clinical effectiveness, i.e. effects on
cancer in humans, although I understand it is under study in some
places. Do you have any better evidence to present?

Using such a product might also disqualify the enquirer from clinical
trials of other agents.

Since we know the foundation is using the compound, we know it
is safe for humans. There have been over 350 papers written on it by
many scientists and doctors.

Mostly, I am sure, because it is in wide use as an antimalarial.

Since it can't be patented, the big drug
companies have no interest in it, as it won't make them money.

This has not prevented wide usage by doctors as a second-line
antimalarial. And, as said, I believe, studies of its use in cancer
are under way.

Peter Moran
www.cancerwatcher.com

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