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Johnny made
it through round 5 of his chemotherapy treatments, Yeah! Monday through Wednesday are always a little
rough but once he is disconnected from the 5-FU pump on Wednesday morning his
appetite and energy come back pretty quickly.
In my continuing
efforts to support our health I’m reading Travis Christofferson’s book Tripping Over the Truth: The Metabolic
Theory of Cancer. I’m about half
way through, but I’ve found the book to be both well-written and
eye-opening. It’s inspired me to look
into some works and writings by the researchers featured within.
Some of the
most promising work is by Young Hee Ko, PhD, she’s a former Johns Hopkins
researcher who has started her own company KoDiscovery, exclusively to bring
her drug 3-Bromopyruvate (3BP) to market.
Her mentor, Dr. Peter Pedersen is still at Johns Hopkins working on the
drug. These researchers working together
discovered that the 3BP molecule when added to cancer cells can inhibit the two
mechanisms cancer cells have of converting glucose into fuel. Dr. David Sabatini at the Whitehead Institute
of MIT substantiates the observations that 3BP is toxic only to cancer cells,
and spares its effects on normal cells.
Unfortunately, turf wars and pissing matches have held up some valuable
human trials. Please pray that open
minds will prevail and development of treatment protocols that minimize the
harm caused to cancer patients while accurately targeting cancer cells will
move forward.
As I read on
I’ll let you know what else I find out.
If anyone out there knows anything more about 3BP please let us know
what you think. And have a great
weekend!
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