Cancer Drug May Not Get A Chance Due to Lack of Patent

theshowmecanuck writes to mention that in a recent study, researchers at the University of Alberta Department of Medicine have shown that an existing small, relatively non-toxic molecule, dichloroacetate (DCA), causes regression in several different cancers. From the article: "But there's a catch: the drug isn't patented, and pharmaceutical companies may not be interested in funding further research if the treatment won't make them a profit. In findings that 'astounded' the researchers, the molecule known as DCA was shown to shrink lung, breast and brain tumors in both animal and human tissue experiments."

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Re:Not in the "West"

[jeremycobert]

too bad the Cuban shipping and delivery system is fleet of 1963 ford fairlanes. the words Cuba and cutting edge just don't go together.

Re:See? I was right...

[IHC Navistar]

Also, if you are going to blame your current problems on someone else, try doing a better job. Did you ever think that you still have cancer for other reasons? Sure, drug companies are evil giant Empires that feed and thrive on the Dark Side of the Force, but they aren't the reason that you still have cancer.

If you ask ANY respected oncologist (no, not the 'alternative', 'holistic', 'spiritual' new-wave voodoo witch doctors that call themselves doctors), or even a lowly medical intern, they'll probably laugh at you and explain that you still have cancer because it is either spreading, malignant, or current therapies are just not affecting it. But then again, judging from your arguments, anyone who tells you that your obviously and fatally flawed argument is wrong is just another apprentice of the Dark Side of the Force and probably the manifestation of the Anti-Christ Himself.

Oh, if drug companies were out to get us, hen they havent been getting their money's worth with me, seeing as I haven't had anything worse than a hangover in the last 17 years. Oh wait! I'll bet that hangover is just an evil attck that Tylenol, Excedrin, and Advil are behind! I'll bet my local saloon is just a front company for the Big Three as a means for them to enact their evil agenda by distributing headache-inducing alcohol! Then, when we are suffering horribly from hangovers, we will be more likely to buy their produts!

IT'S A CONSPIRACY I SAY! DOWN WITH THE TRUE EVIL EMPIRE!

btw..... It wouldn't happen to be brain cancer, would it?

Maybe you should be seeing a psychologist in addition to your oncologist.....

As always ... FUS, FEU, FUN ... I repeat ...

[OldHawk777]

It is appropriate to say again ... twice in one day on /.

Politics for all Feudal Nations ... as in aristocratic or plutocratic remains the same, nothing changes much in a thousand years more or less.

Let them eat cake and fake their faith with patriotic fervor as they always Fuck US, Fuck EU, and Fuck UN them too.

It is satisfying when you are a big ugly fat fucker on top, but the rape victims on the bottom are just horribly, painfully, and totally screwed.

NOTE: victims=public

!HAVEFUN!