Danish Research Confirms Rath Discovery: Enzyme Block Stops Cancer Spread
CategoriesResearch done at Copenhagen University and published in the International Journal of Cancer confirms a discovery made by Dr. Mathias Rath, the controversial founder of a new direction in health care called Cellular Medicine. The Danish study found that the enzyme urokinase plasminogen activator plays a critical role in the spread of cancer. Absence of the enzyme prevents the forming of metastases.
While the Danish researchers are now looking for a medication capable of eliminating the enzyme, Dr. Rath and his researchers have already found that our bodies have a natural mechanism that blocks the enzyme, which can be reinforced by abundantly supplying certain nutrients: vitamin C and the aminoacids lysine and proline.
Notorious "quackbuster" Stephen Barrett put his foot in his mouth when he cited a comment from the Swiss Study Group for Complementary and Alternative Methods in Cancer (SKAK) and the Swiss Cancer League (SCL) that Rath's discovery was not somehing to be reckoned with, as it had "never been scientifically tested". A very lazy way of making nothing of someone else's discovery, to be sure, but one that is widely used by the current pharma/medical establishment when it comes to "warning" of natural cures that could significantly cut into pharma profits by using non-patentable substances such as simple nutrients to fight disease.
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Enzyme 'key' to stopping cancer
Blocking a specific enzyme could be enough to check the spread of cancer in the human body, researchers say.
Researchers believe their work may lead to new life-saving cancer treatments and help cut the amount of chemotherapy required to treat cancer effectively.
The spread of cancer was blocked in six out of seven mice bred to not have the enzyme urokinase plasminogen activator, and the mice did not suffer without it.
The study, by Copenhagen University, is in the International Journal of Cancer.
Cancer cannot spread unless uPA is present, but the body does not need the enzyme to function normally.
This was confirmed by the latest research, which showed mice genetically modified to lack uPA did not suffer in any way from not having the enzyme.
Researcher Dr Morten Johnsen said: "This means that we should be able to block the enzyme and thereby check the spread of the cancer without causing the strong side-effects for the patients that we see with other forms of therapy today."
The next step is to develop a medication that works on mice. Only then will testing the medication on humans be considered.
Dr Torben Skovsgaard, a cancer specialist at Copenhagen's KAS Herlev Hospital, said the research looked "very promising".
He said: "If the clinical trials also show that it is possible to halt the spread of the tumour, then the research team has found the key to stopping the spread of cancer in the body, which is the cause of most of the deaths among cancer patients today."
Caution urged
Kate Law, head of clinical trials at Cancer Research UK, said: "It is true that death from cancer is largely a result of the cancer spreading from the original site to other parts of the body.
"Any therapy that prevented this spread would be a major step forward in the treatment of cancer.
"Long experience should, however, make us cautious in using encouraging laboratory research to begin talking about patient benefit.
"It takes many years for any finding in the laboratory to translate into patient benefit and results in the past have often been disappointing."
See also:Cancer-Enabling Enzyme Can Be Blocked Naturally: Danish Research Confirms Cancer Breakthrough Approach by Matthias Rath, M.D.
Cancer Can Be Beaten - Presentation by Matthias Rath, M.D. New York City, September 29, 2002
Cancer: What is it and what causes it?
Green tea mechanism supports anti-cancer activity
The polyphenols present in green tea help prevent the spread of prostate cancer by targeting molecular pathways that shut down the proliferation and spread of tumour cells, as well as inhibiting the growth of tumour nurturing blood vessels, finds new research.Cancer: A Role for Nutritional Supplements
Nutrient Combination Stops Cancer Metastasis in Mice
Scientists Confirm That the Spread of Melanoma Cancer to the Lungs Can be Halted With a Combination of Micronutrients
The study, entitled "Inhibition of pulmonary metastasis of melanoma B16FO cells in C57BL/6 mice by a nutrient mixture consisting of ascorbic acid, lysine, proline, arginine, and green tea extract" demonstrates that the administration of these micronutrients resulted in the reduction of melanoma cancer metastasis to the lungs by up to 86%.
posted by Sepp Hasslberger on Sunday November 28 2004
updated on Tuesday January 30 2007URL of this article:
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