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<blockquote data-quote="HFS" data-source="post: 2404741" data-attributes="member: 8862"><p>Call for govt research, as drug companies wouldn't be interested:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26038460" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26038460</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Vitamin C keeps cancer at bay, US research suggests</p><p>BBC News</p><p></p><p>High-dose vitamin C can boost the cancer-killing effect of chemotherapy in the lab and mice, research suggests.</p><p>Given by injection, it could potentially be a safe, effective and low-cost treatment for ovarian and other cancers, say US scientists.</p><p>Reporting in Science Translational Medicine, they call for large-scale government clinical trials.</p><p><strong>Pharmaceutical companies are unlikely to run trials, as vitamins cannot be patented.</strong></p><p>Vitamin C has long been used as an alternative therapy for cancer.</p><p>In the 1970s, chemist Linus Pauling reported that vitamin C given intravenously was effective in treating cancer.</p><p>However, clinical trials of vitamin C given by mouth failed to replicate the effect, and research was abandoned.</p><p>It is now known that the human body quickly excretes vitamin C when it is taken by mouth.</p><p>However, scientists at the University of Kansas say that when given by injection vitamin C is absorbed into the body, and can kill cancer cells without harming normal ones.</p><p>The researchers injected vitamin C into human ovarian cancer cells in the lab, into mice, and into patients with advanced ovarian cancer.</p><p>They found ovarian cancer cells were sensitive to vitamin C treatment, but normal cells were unharmed.</p><p>The treatment worked in tandem with standard chemotherapy drugs to slow tumour growth in mouse studies. Meanwhile, a small group of patients reported fewer side-effects when given vitamin C alongside chemotherapy </p><p><strong>...One potential hurdle is that pharmaceutical companies are unlikely to fund trials of intravenous vitamin C because there is no ability to patent natural products </strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HFS, post: 2404741, member: 8862"] Call for govt research, as drug companies wouldn't be interested: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26038460[/url] Vitamin C keeps cancer at bay, US research suggests BBC News High-dose vitamin C can boost the cancer-killing effect of chemotherapy in the lab and mice, research suggests. Given by injection, it could potentially be a safe, effective and low-cost treatment for ovarian and other cancers, say US scientists. Reporting in Science Translational Medicine, they call for large-scale government clinical trials. [B]Pharmaceutical companies are unlikely to run trials, as vitamins cannot be patented.[/B] Vitamin C has long been used as an alternative therapy for cancer. In the 1970s, chemist Linus Pauling reported that vitamin C given intravenously was effective in treating cancer. However, clinical trials of vitamin C given by mouth failed to replicate the effect, and research was abandoned. It is now known that the human body quickly excretes vitamin C when it is taken by mouth. However, scientists at the University of Kansas say that when given by injection vitamin C is absorbed into the body, and can kill cancer cells without harming normal ones. The researchers injected vitamin C into human ovarian cancer cells in the lab, into mice, and into patients with advanced ovarian cancer. They found ovarian cancer cells were sensitive to vitamin C treatment, but normal cells were unharmed. The treatment worked in tandem with standard chemotherapy drugs to slow tumour growth in mouse studies. Meanwhile, a small group of patients reported fewer side-effects when given vitamin C alongside chemotherapy [B]...One potential hurdle is that pharmaceutical companies are unlikely to fund trials of intravenous vitamin C because there is no ability to patent natural products [/B] [/QUOTE]
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