I have been living with cancer for three years and during that time
been treated by approximately half a dozen medical practioners. I have
been fortunate because almost all of them have been remarkably
compassionate and caring people. At least one of them was motivated to
pursue cancer research by the loss of a close relative.
All of these individuals had partaken in medical research at some
stage in their careers, and about half of them were actively involved in
research regarding treating cancer patients at the time of my
treatment. One of them sat on the board of a private pharmaceuticals
company, another was an adviser to a government agency. If you look
across the world there must be hundreds of thousands, if not millions of
people like them.
They are the people I am being asked to believe are conspiring to
keep the truth hidden from me in order to keep their jobs. I believe
that every single one of them would gladly quit their profession and
retrain tomorrow if their patients could suddenly be cured without their
help. Yet this conspiracy theory requires not just one or two
bad-apples knowingly letting their patients die, but a huge number,
probably the majority, of medical professionals, in medical research,
would need to be involved.
Currently, large doses of chemotherapy are required when treating certain forms of cancer, resulting in toxic side effects. The chemicals enter the body and work to destroy or shrink the tumor, but also harm vital organs and drastically affect bodily functions. Now, scientists at the University of Missouri have proven that a new form of prostate cancer treatment that uses radioactive gold nanoparticles, and was developed at MU, is safe to use in dogs.
Sandra Axiak-Bechtel, an assistant professor in oncology at the MU
College of Veterinary Medicine, says that this is a big step for gold
nanoparticle research.
"Proving that gold nanoparticles are safe to use in the treatment of prostate cancer
in dogs is a big step toward gaining approval for clinical trials in
men," Axiak-Bechtel said. "Dogs develop prostate cancer naturally in a
very similar way as humans, so the gold nanoparticle treatment has a
great chance to translate well to human patients." Scientists
at the University of Missouri have proven that a new form of prostate
cancer treatment that uses radioactive gold nanoparticles, and was
developed at MU, is safe to use in dogs. Credit: MU News Bureau
For their treatment, Kattesh Katti, a curators' professor of
radiology and physics in the School of Medicine and the College of Arts
and Science, and other MU scientists, have found a more efficient way of
targeting prostate tumors
by using radioactive gold nanoparticles. This new treatment would
require doses that are thousands of times smaller than chemotherapy and
do not travel through the body inflicting damage to healthy areas.
"We found remarkable results in mice, which showed a significant
reduction in tumor volume through single injections of the radioactive gold nanoparticles,"
said Katti. "These findings have formed a solid foundation, and we hope
to translate the utility of this novel nanomedicine therapy to treating
human cancer patients."
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